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Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white. – Ambrose Bierce

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Mammalia, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle. – Ambrose Bierce

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Edible – good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. – Ambrose Bierce

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I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I dont need. – Auguste Rodin

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In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Football is an art, like dancing is an art – but only when its well done does it become an art. – Arsene Wenger

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Diplomacy: the art of restraining power. – Henry A. Kissinger

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The poetry of heroism appeals irresistibly to those who dont go to a war, and even more to those whom the war is making enormously wealthy. Its always so. – Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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