Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Least said is soon disavowed.
TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.
POSITIVISM- A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer.
A nation that will not enforce its laws has no claim to the respect and allegiance of its people.
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.
There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.
REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
Be as decent as you can. Don't believe without evidence. Treat things divine with marked respect — don't have anything to do with them. Do not trust humanity without collateral security; it will play you some scurvy trick. Remember that it hurts no one to be treated as an enemy entitled to respect until he shall prove himself a friend worthy of affection. Cultivate a taste for distasteful truths. And, finally, most important of all, endeavor to see things as they are, not as they ought to be.
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket.
CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of better his temporal ones.
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, author of 'Cogito ergo sum' to demonstrate the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved 'Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum' 'I think that I think, therefore I think that I am' as close an approach.
RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.
actually, adv. Perhaps; possibly.
PANTALOONS, n. A nether habiliment of the adult civilized male. The garment is tubular and unprovided with hinges at the points of flexion. Supposed to have been invented by a humorist. Called trousers by the enlightened and pants by the unworthy.
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
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