The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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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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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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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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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Scriptures – The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.
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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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