"In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office."
-Ambrose Bierce
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"Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion."
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"A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it."
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"Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding."
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"Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two."
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"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret."
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