Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
AMBROSE BIERCEEloquence, 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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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
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