PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.
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PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.Ambrose Bierce
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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PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous.
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PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that 'Stone walls do not a prison make,' but a combination of the stone wall, the political parasite and the moral instructor is no garden of sweets.
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MAGNETISM, n. Something acting upon a magnet.
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RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.
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