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“Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.”

Ambrose Bierce · Education

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What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.

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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

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Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

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Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.

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