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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.

Ambrose Bierce

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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Activity Diversity Equality Heart Human
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
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Fake Fools History Important Rule
Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Business Cheating Complete Steal Success
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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God Man One Liner Reason Sleep
Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Labor Pregnant Property
Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Assasination Harmony Instrument
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Book Distance
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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Evil Existence Philosophy Replacement
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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Art Charm Measurement Nature Worm
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Death End Estate Himself
True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Man Philosophy True Woman
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
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Body Man Ocean World
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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Age Head Himself See Thinking Wisdom
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

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