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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

Ambrose Bierce

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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Believe Country Democracy Oneself Ruin
Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Death Edit Revision Sin
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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Beautiful Death Essential Example Poison
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
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
Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Machine Technology Transformation
There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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Adventure Knowledge Old Sun Wisdom
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
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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Age Believe Fools Hard Thinking Wisdom Young
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
Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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Breathe Conversation Listening Vocal
RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Assassination Character Weapon
Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
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Believe Divine Need Neighbor Religion Spiritual
Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Best Gift God Man
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Affection Creature Dog World

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