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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

Ambrose Bierce

Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Average Perseverance Success Virtue
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
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
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Convincing Doubt Enemy Man Person
Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
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Administration Condition Country Failure Himself Leaving Person Politics Security
Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Governement Party Prevent Rival Run
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Death End Estate Himself
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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Himself Listening Person Talk
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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Advantage Affair Interest Principle Private
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Children Cold Compassionate Feeling Love Mom
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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Art Human Limitation Reason Thinking Understand
Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Electricity Natural Reason
There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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Adventure Knowledge Old Sun Wisdom
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
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Leadership Philosophy Road
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Drive Slave Substitute
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Law Oneself Skills

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