Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
AMBROSE BIERCETrue, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people’s beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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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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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Prescription: A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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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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