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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.

Ambrose Bierce

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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Ambition Death Desire Enemy Friendship
Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Arrangement Classification Ignorance Knowledge Small
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Book Distance
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
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
Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Box Defend Democracy Stage
The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.
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Country Development Engagement Existence People Strife
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
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
They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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Animal Born Egg Loud Lying
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
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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God Man One Liner Reason Sleep
Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
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Brain Science Thinking
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Act Repeat Word
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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Faith Holy Ourselves Religion Scripture Writing
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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God Place Teaching War

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.

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