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Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglo

Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. – Ambrose Bierce

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Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. – Ambrose Bierce

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Jealousy
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Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce

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Water
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A funeral is a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker. – Ambrose Bierce

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Funerals
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What I have in common with the character in Truman is this incredible need to please people. I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started. – Jim Carrey

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For me, I dont feel it is a success in the career to be the pretty woman career success comes from being characters who tell us something about the truth. – Emmanuelle Beart

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Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary. – Sarah Ban Breathnach

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To find someone who will love you through success and failure is to discover how little life has to do with either. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Fishing is a… discipline in the equality of men – for all men are equal before fish. – Herbert Hoover

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We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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