Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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RICH, adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the luckless.Ambrose Bierce
EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial department shall be pleased to pronounce them invalid and of no effect.
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APOSTATE, n. A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle.
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Violin, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a cat.
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Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
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DEFENCELESS, adj. Unable to attack.
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