Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
AMBROSE BIERCEMarriage, 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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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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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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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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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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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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Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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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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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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