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The funniest things are the forbidden.

— Samuel Langhorne Clemens

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  3. This poor little one-horse town.
  4. Among the three or four million cradles now rocking in the land are some which this nation would preserve for ages as sacred things, if we …
  5. Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.
  6. We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by …
  7. A crowded police docket is the surest of all signs that trade is brisk and money plenty.
  8. Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

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  • society
  • humor
  • forbidden

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