“Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.”
Men“Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure.”
Society“Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.”
Men“Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.”
Positive“Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.”
Success“Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.”
Failure“War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.”
God“Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.”
Politics“Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.”
Truth“Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.”
Politics“Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.”
Change“Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.”
Art“The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.”
Best“Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.”
Patriotism“Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.”
Faith“In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.”
Government“Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.”
Hope“A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.”
Failure“Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.”
Marriage“The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.”
Knowledge“Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.”
Intelligence“To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.”
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