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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.

Ambrose Bierce

True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Man Philosophy True Woman
Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Blessing Exception Leaving Money
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
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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Evil Existence Philosophy Replacement
LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.
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Body Life Missing Spiritual
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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God Place Teaching War
Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Death Edit Revision Sin
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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Country Discover Fertilization Person
I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Myself Reputation Thinking
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Children Cold Compassionate Feeling Love Mom
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Fall Hard Himself Man
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Love Marriage Sanity Temporary
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Drive Slave Substitute
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
What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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Believe Country Democracy Oneself Ruin

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