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Rh believe a man, even when one knows that one would lie in his place.

A place where Jesus Christ and Judus Iscariot would be equals, with the betting odds in favor of Judas.

A comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh. Three proofs of His humor: democracy, hay fever, any fat woman.

The theory that two thieves will steal less than one, and three less than two, and four less than three, and so on ad infinitum; the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

A platitude with vine-leaves in its hair.

The theory that marriages should be made in the laboratory; the Wassermann test for love.

That which one believes of others. It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.

A series of failures. Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again next time.

An embalmer trembling with stage-fright.