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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.

Ambrose Bierce

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Analysis Delusion Himself Philosophy
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Affection Creature Dog World
Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Box Defend Democracy Stage
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
MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people’s beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
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Belief Body History Invention Original People True
Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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Confession Law Prayer Universe Worth
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Angry Best Regret Talk Yourself
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Device Profit Responsibility
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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Care Civilization Government Intelligence Ourselves Reward
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
Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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Division Domain Forever Hope Present
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Drive Slave Substitute
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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Community Marriage Master Mistress Slave
Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
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Company Interior Laughter Noise

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