Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
AMBROSE BIERCEDemocracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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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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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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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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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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LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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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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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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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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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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