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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.

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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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Himself Listening Person Talk
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish
They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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Animal Born Egg Loud Lying
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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Disguise Education Understand Wisdom
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Angry Best Regret Talk Yourself
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.
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Convincing Doubt Enemy Man Person
True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Man Philosophy True Woman
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Advantage Election Good Stolen
Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Box Defend Democracy Stage
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Fall Hard Himself Man
Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Business Cheating Complete Steal Success
Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Machine Technology Transformation
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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God Man One Liner Reason Sleep
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
There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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Instrument Worst
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Device Profit Responsibility

ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.

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