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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.

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Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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Appearance Art Color Fools White
Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
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Each Other Hands International Separate Thief Union
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
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Fake Fools History Important Rule
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Entertainment Innocent Military Popular
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Happiness Temptation Weakness
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Book Distance
To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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Accident Eyes Failure Perspective Success
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Children Cold Compassionate Feeling Love Mom
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Affection Creature Dog World
There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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Instrument Worst
You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Help Religion Stupidity
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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Country Fools Freedom Instrument Power
REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.
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Art Charm Measurement Nature Worm
REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
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Avoid Mindset Ourselves Reflection Relationship

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