Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.
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Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
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Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.
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What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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