Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
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LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss yet when lost it is not missed.Ambrose Bierce
MARTYR, n. One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.
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MESMERISM, n. Hypnotism before it wore good clothes, kept a carriage and asked Incredulity to dinner.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.
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HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were distinguished for the bitterness of their internal controversies and dissensions.
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