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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.

Ambrose Bierce

LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Law Oneself Skills
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Ambition Himself Name Patriot
Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Governement Party Prevent Rival Run
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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Appearance Art Color Fools White
Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Average Perseverance Success Virtue
Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Beautiful Belief Optimism Ugly
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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Believe Country Democracy Oneself Ruin
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Delusion Experience Observation Reflection Save
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Advantage Election Good Stolen
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
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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Art Charm Measurement Nature Worm
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Drive Slave Substitute
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Book Distance
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Love Marriage Sanity Temporary
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Food Place Religion Service State

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