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Imagination, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.

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A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that.

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Alliance, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third.

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Impiety, n. Your irreverence toward my deity.

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Kindness, n. A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.

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Litigant, n. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.

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Liberty, n. One of Imaginations most precious possessions.

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Male, n. A member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex. The male of the human race is commonly known (to the female) as Mere Man. The genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers.

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Money, n. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.

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Decalogue, n. A series of commandments, ten in number-just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.

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Love Quote

Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.

- Katharine Hepburn

Wisdom Quote

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

- Helen Keller

Friendship Quote

Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

- Elbert Hubbard

Friend Quote

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

- Brandi Snyder

Wisdom Quote

Things don't change. You change your way of looking, that's all.

- Carlos Castaneda

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