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In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.

Ambrose Bierce

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Leadership Philosophy Road
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
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Drive Slave Substitute
There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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Instrument Worst
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Angry Best Regret Talk Yourself
The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.
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Country Development Engagement Existence People Strife
IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.
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Fact Imagination Lying Poet
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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Believe Country Democracy Oneself Ruin
Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Final Funny Rich
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Add Fools Funny Himself Time
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Death End Estate Himself
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Ambition Himself Name Patriot
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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Country Fools Freedom Instrument Power
There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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Adventure Knowledge Old Sun Wisdom
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Device Profit Responsibility

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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