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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
Vanity
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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Wit. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
Wit
Ambrose Bierce

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The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
Oppression
Steven Biko

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A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
Animals
Josh Billings

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A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.
Happiness
Josh Billings

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As a general thing, when the woman wears the pants in the family, she has a good right to them.
Marriage
Josh Billings

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As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
Success
Josh Billings

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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
Truth
Josh Billings

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Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.
Mother-in-Laws
Josh Billings

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Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Common Sense
Josh Billings

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Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.
Pleasure
Josh Billings

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Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.
Control
Josh Billings

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I don't care how much a person talks, if they only say it in a few words.
Speakers and Speaking
Josh Billings

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Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool.
Incredulity
Josh Billings

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It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
Self discovery
Josh Billings

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Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.
Knowledge
Josh Billings

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Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.
Men and Women
Josh Billings

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Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
Repentance
Josh Billings

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Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.
Music
Josh Billings

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Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
Scandal
Josh Billings

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One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.
Quality
Josh Billings

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Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
Poverty and The Poor
Josh Billings

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