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Scriptures – The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

Ambrose Bierce

Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Death Edit Revision Sin
ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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Blacksmith Cloth Kind Man
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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God Place Teaching War
Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Disappointment Perspective Time
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Ambition Himself Name Patriot
Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.
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Box Defend Democracy Stage
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
True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Man Philosophy True Woman
Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Blessing Exception Leaving Money
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Add Fools Funny Himself Time
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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Astrology Custom Easy Fate God Responsibility
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
Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Beautiful Belief Optimism Ugly
Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
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Appearance Earth Face Genius God Leaving Nature Original Root Woman
Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Average Perseverance Success Virtue

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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