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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.

Ambrose Bierce

Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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Blacksmith Cloth Kind Man
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
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
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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Age Head Himself See Thinking Wisdom
Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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Breathe Conversation Listening Vocal
He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Alarm Difficult Himself Thinking
Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Box Defend Democracy Stage
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Add Fools Funny Himself Time
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
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Activity Diversity Equality Heart Human
Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
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Each Other Hands International Separate Thief Union
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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Country Fools Freedom Instrument Power
Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one’s neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
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Astrology Custom Easy Fate God Responsibility
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Fall Hard Himself Man
Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Assasination Harmony Instrument

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