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.
AMBROSE BIERCEAmbition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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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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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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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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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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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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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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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one’s neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
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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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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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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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