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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The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. – Ambrose Bierce

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Insurance: An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table. – Ambrose Bierce

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Dont be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that; it was not of your doing. What you do with your talent is what matters. – Pau (Pablo) Casals

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Looking at yourself in a mirror isnt exactly a study of life. – Lauren Bacall

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

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Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory. – Joseph Conrad

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Let us leave the beautiful women to men with no imagination. – Marcel Proust, Albertine disparue, 1925

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Ive noticed that my resolutions involve me not doing stuff that I wasnt going to do anyway so heres something more positive. Im going to retrain as a Latin teacher in a provincial public school. – Arthur Smith

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I want to be a cool mom. – Tori Spelling

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