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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Ambrose Bierce

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Ambition Himself Name Patriot
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
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
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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Marriage People Person Support
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Blessing Exception Leaving Money
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
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Device Profit Responsibility
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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Body Life Missing Spiritual
Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Brain Fear Idiot One Liner
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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Fear Hope Ignorance Known Religion
REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
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Avoid Mindset Ourselves Reflection Relationship
Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Death Edit Revision Sin
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
Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
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Brain Science Thinking
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Advantage Election Good Stolen

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