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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Ambrose Bierce

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Analysis Delusion Himself Philosophy
Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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Breathe Conversation Listening Vocal
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
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
Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Electricity Natural Reason
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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Fear Hope Ignorance Known Religion
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Entertainment Innocent Military Popular
He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
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Age Believe Fools Hard Thinking Wisdom Young
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Fall Hard Himself Man
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Happiness Temptation Weakness
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
Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Conscience Destitution Forget Gift God
Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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Call Distance Poor Rich Willing
Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Best Gift God Man
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Boundary Divorce Relationship
Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Business Cheating Complete Steal Success

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