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...that the god in the sanctuary was finite in his power, and hence a fraud. One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.

— George Jean Nathan

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The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

I have no patriotism, for patriotism, as I see it, is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

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Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

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