There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
AMBROSE BIERCEAccordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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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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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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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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Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
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Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
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