Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
AMBROSE BIERCEMIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.
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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
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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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Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
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You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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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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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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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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