Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
Ambrose BierceImpartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.
Ambrose BierceAs a means of dispensing formulated ignorance our boasted public school system is not without merit; it spreads out education sufficiently thin to give everyone enough to make him a more competent fool than he would have been without it.
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