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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
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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Death Money Person Praise Wealth
RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Delusion Experience Observation Reflection Save
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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Astrology Custom Easy Fate God Responsibility
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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God Man One Liner Reason Sleep
Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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Coward Emergency Himself Legs Thinking
Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Conscience Destitution Forget Gift God
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Leadership Philosophy Road
Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Assasination Harmony Instrument
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Entertainment Innocent Military Popular
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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Advantage Affair Interest Principle Private
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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Convincing Doubt Enemy Man Person
To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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Accident Eyes Failure Perspective Success
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
You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Help Religion Stupidity
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish

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