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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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Conservative. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce

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Conservatism
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Ambrose Bierce
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Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward. – Ambrose Bierce

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Youth
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Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty. – Louis Kronenberger

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What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own. РFran̤ois de la Rochefoucauld

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Without this ridiculous vanity that takes the form of self-display, and is part of everything and everyone, we would see nothing, and nothing would exist. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Ive never been a TV junkie. I remember watching Letterman way back when he had a morning show. – Todd Barry

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The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth – something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food – just watch it, dont eat it. – Edward Koch

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Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. – Marcus Antonius

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But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith. – Polly Toynbee

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