“Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.”
Religion“Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.”
Politics“Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.”
Religion“Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.”
God“Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.”
Knowledge“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“Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.”
Men“War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.”
God“Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.”
Great“Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”
Politics“History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.”
History“Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.”
Experience“Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.”
Power“Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.”
Patriotism“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“Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.”
Education“Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.”
Success“Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.”
Experience“Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.”
Marriage“Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.”
Change“Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.”
Fear“The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.”
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