Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
AMBROSE BIERCEMad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
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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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Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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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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Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.
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