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Responsibility: A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.



Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.



HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.



History is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.



Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.



An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.



An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.



Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.



Politeness is the most acceptable hypocrisy



Politeness is the most acceptable hypocrisy



HYPOCRITE, n. One who, profession virtues that he does not respect secures the advantage of seeming to be what he depises



A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing



All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher



All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher



Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.







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