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Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

Ambrose Bierce

Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Betrayal Character Cheating Virtue
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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Disguise Education Understand Wisdom
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
You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Help Religion Stupidity
Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Blessing Exception Leaving Money
Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Electricity Natural Reason
Scriptures – The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
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Faith Holy Ourselves Religion Scripture Writing
Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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Community Marriage Master Mistress Slave
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Concession Demand Resort
RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Delusion Experience Observation Reflection Save
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Boundary Divorce Relationship
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Fall Hard Himself Man
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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Death Money Person Praise Wealth
Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Beautiful Belief Optimism Ugly
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

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