Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
AMBROSE BIERCEForgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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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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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
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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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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
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Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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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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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
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