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Think twice before you speak to a friend in need.
Thoughts and Thinking
Ambrose Bierce

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To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.
Forgiveness
Ambrose Bierce

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To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
Certainty
Ambrose Bierce

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To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result.
Planning
Ambrose Bierce

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Truth -- An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.
Truth
Ambrose Bierce

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When in Rome, do as Rome does.
Cities and City Life
Ambrose Bierce

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Wit. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
Wit
Ambrose Bierce

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Woman absent is woman dead.
Absence
Ambrose Bierce

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun