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Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with 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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Animal Digest Eat Goodness Man Science
Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Death Edit Revision Sin
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
Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Box Defend Democracy Stage
Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Machine Technology Transformation
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
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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Care Civilization Government Intelligence Ourselves Reward
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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God Man One Liner Reason Sleep
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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Advantage Affair Interest Principle Private
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
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Convincing Doubt Enemy Man Person
I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Myself Reputation Thinking
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
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Act Repeat Word
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
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Fall Hard Himself Man

Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.

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