Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
AMBROSE BIERCEEducation, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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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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There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
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Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one’s neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
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PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
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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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Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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