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The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

"Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum."

"I think that I think, therefore I think that I am."

"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography."

"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."

"I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities."

"Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises."

"The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling."

"There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy."

"The covers of this book are too far apart."

"Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others."

"Think twice before helping a friend in need."

 

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