Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
AMBROSE BIERCEApril fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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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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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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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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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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