The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
AMBROSE BIERCEAccordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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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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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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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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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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