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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.

Ambrose Bierce

They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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Animal Born Egg Loud Lying
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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God Place Teaching War
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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Country Discover Fertilization Person
Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Conscience Destitution Forget Gift God
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
He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Alarm Difficult Himself Thinking
Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
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Administration Condition Country Failure Himself Leaving Person Politics Security
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Angry Best Regret Talk Yourself
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
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
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Fake Fools History Important Rule
Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Machine Technology Transformation
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
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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God Man One Liner Reason Sleep
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Entertainment Innocent Military Popular
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
Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Brain Fear Idiot One Liner

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