A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
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Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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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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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Prescription: A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.
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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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Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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