Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
AMBROSE BIERCEWhat 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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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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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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The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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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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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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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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