How Did An Allegedly Free People Spawn

Gossip Is What You Say About The Objects Of Flattery When They Aren't Present.

Self-interest Leads To Honing Your Skills, The Better To Trade With.

Politics Is The Art Of Achieving Prestige And Power Without Merit.

The Chinese Had Gunpowder, But It Didn't Occur To Them To Put It In A Gun. They Possessed The Compass But Didn't Go Anywhere. They Invented Paper, Printing, And A Written Form Of Their Language, But Hardly Anyone In China Was Taught To Read.

The French Are Sawed-off Sissies Who Eat Snails And Slugs And Cheese That Smells Like People's Feet. Utter Cowards Who Force Their Own Children To Drink Wine, They Gibber Like Baboons Even When You Try To Speak To Them In Their Own Wimpy Language.