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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

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Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
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Each Other Hands International Separate Thief Union
IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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Fact Imagination Lying Poet
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Add Fools Funny Himself Time
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Ambition Himself Name Patriot
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
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
Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
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Administration Condition Country Failure Himself Leaving Person Politics Security
Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Black Color Optimism White
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish
Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Disappointment Perspective Time
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
Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Blessing Exception Leaving Money
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Death End Estate Himself
Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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Beautiful Death Essential Example Poison
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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Ambition Death Desire Enemy Friendship
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

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

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