Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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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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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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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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PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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