Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
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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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Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
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There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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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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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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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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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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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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