The covers of this book are too far apart.
AMBROSE BIERCEA 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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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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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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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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Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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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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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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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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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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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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