I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
AMBROSE BIERCEAge, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
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Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
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Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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