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Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who

Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each others pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third. – Ambrose Bierce

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Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook. – Ambrose Bierce

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