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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.

Ambrose Bierce

An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Advantage Election Good Stolen
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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Appearance Art Color Fools White
Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Beautiful Belief Optimism Ugly
Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Betrayal Character Cheating Virtue
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
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Activity Diversity Equality Heart Human
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Add Fools Funny Himself Time
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
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Contrast Fall Sense
True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Man Philosophy True Woman
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
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Body Man Ocean World
A 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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Convincing Doubt Enemy Man Person
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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Marriage People Person Support
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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Ambition Death Desire Enemy Friendship

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