Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
AMBROSE BIERCEDeath is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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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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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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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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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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