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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.

Ambrose Bierce

Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Average Perseverance Success Virtue
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
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Book Distance
They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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Animal Born Egg Loud Lying
Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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Coward Emergency Himself Legs Thinking
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Disappointment Perspective Time
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
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Boundary Divorce Relationship
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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God Place Teaching War
MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.
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Brain Fact Himself Mindset Mysterious Nature
Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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Call Distance Poor Rich Willing
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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Belief Manifestation Opinion Statement
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Death End Estate Himself
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
Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Conscience Destitution Forget Gift God
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Leadership Philosophy Road
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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Advantage Affair Interest Principle Private
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
REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.
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Art Charm Measurement Nature Worm
There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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Instrument Worst
True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Man Philosophy True Woman
Prescription: A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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Harm Patient Prescription Situation
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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Fear Hope Ignorance Known Religion
Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Business Cheating Complete Steal Success
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Advantage Election Good Stolen

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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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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