Quote by Ambrose Bierce
They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital i

They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid. – Ambrose Bierce

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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope. – Ambrose Bierce

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Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return. – George Eliot

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It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the more intense because ones own little core of egoistic sensibility is a supreme care. – George Eliot

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Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom. – Proverb

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Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy. – Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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