Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
AMBROSE BIERCESelfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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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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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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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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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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