Every patriot believes his country better than any other country . . . In its active manifestation-it is fond of killing-patriotism would be well enough if it were simply defensive, but it is also aggressive . . . Patriotism deliberately and with folly aforethought subordinates the interests of a whole to the interests of a part . . . Patriotism is fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave and blind as a stone.

HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.

When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.

OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant "own," and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.

Even the laws of justice themselves cannot subsist without mixture of injustice.

GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.

The ghost is the outward and visible signs of an inward fear.