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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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Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Conscience Destitution Forget Gift God
Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
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Age Head Himself See Thinking Wisdom
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Book Distance
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Drive Slave Substitute
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Entertainment Innocent Military Popular
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Law Oneself Skills
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
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
Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
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Believe Divine Need Neighbor Religion Spiritual
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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Each Other Hands International Separate Thief Union
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
Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
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Administration Condition Country Failure Himself Leaving Person Politics Security
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Contrast Fall Sense
To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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Accident Eyes Failure Perspective Success
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Fall Hard Himself Man

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