Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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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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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
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Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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