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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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God Place Teaching War
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Advantage Election Good Stolen
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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Appearance Art Color Fools White
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Food Place Religion Service State
Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
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Each Other Hands International Separate Thief Union
IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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Fact Imagination Lying Poet
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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Evil Existence Philosophy Replacement
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
Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Best Gift God Man
There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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Instrument Worst
Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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Confession Law Prayer Universe Worth
Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Assasination Harmony Instrument
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
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Leadership Philosophy Road
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Boundary Divorce Relationship

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