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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

Ambrose Bierce

LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.
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Body Life Missing Spiritual
Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Best Gift God Man
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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Evil Existence Philosophy Replacement
RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Delusion Experience Observation Reflection Save
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
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Fake Fools History Important Rule
Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Business Cheating Complete Steal Success
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Fall Hard Himself Man
Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Machine Technology Transformation
ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Concession Demand Resort
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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Activity Diversity Equality Heart Human
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Angry Best Regret Talk Yourself
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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Confession Law Prayer Universe Worth
The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.
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Country Development Engagement Existence People Strife
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
Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Brain Fear Idiot One Liner

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