PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
AMBROSE BIERCEVote: 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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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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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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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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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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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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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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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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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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