Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

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I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.

Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.

Kindness is a brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.

Kindness is a brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities...

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities...

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.

Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.

MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence....

MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence....

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in...

An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in...

Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment

Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine,...

MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine,...

When you doubt, abstain.

When you doubt, abstain.

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth...

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth...

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people...

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people...

Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so...

Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so...

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which...

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which...