They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
AMBROSE BIERCEFidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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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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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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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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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.
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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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