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Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.

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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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Avoid Mindset Ourselves Reflection Relationship
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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Disguised Patience Virtue
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Leadership Philosophy Road
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Death End Estate Himself
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
Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Governement Party Prevent Rival Run
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Food Place Religion Service State
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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God Place Teaching War
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Advantage Election Good Stolen
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
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Device Profit Responsibility
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Boundary Divorce Relationship
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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Fear Hope Ignorance Known Religion
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
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
Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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Beautiful Death Essential Example Poison

Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.

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