A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
AMBROSE BIERCEULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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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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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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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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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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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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What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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