Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
AMBROSE BIERCEHistory 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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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Marriage, 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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Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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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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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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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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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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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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