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Politics is war
Politics is war without bloodshed; war is politics with bloodshed. -Mao Tse-tung Jade Handy calls this a shell-game pattern, because of how the same 3 words seem to be just shuffled around like the ol’ street shyster game of Thimblerig. … Continue reading
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Tagged antapodosis, head of state, political figure, politics, quote, regrets, rhetoric, rhetorical figure, war
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This Cab…bad
This cab smells of desperation, cigarette smoke and last night’s bad decisions. -Author unknown The Greek figure and/or rhetorical device is paraprosdokian. Whollyrolee.blogspot.com has more examples, if you like treasure hunts. Click the tag below for more examples on this … Continue reading
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Tagged cab, fun, memories, olfactory, paraprosdokian, regrets, rhetoric, rhetorical figure, taxi
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