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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.

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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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Fear Hope Ignorance Known Religion
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Law Oneself Skills
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
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Fake Fools History Important Rule
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Ambition Himself Name Patriot
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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Appearance Art Color Fools White
Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
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Company Interior Laughter Noise
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Boundary Divorce Relationship
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Add Fools Funny Himself Time
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Affair Assurance Future Happiness Prosperity Time
Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Brain Fear Idiot One Liner
REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
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Avoid Mindset Ourselves Reflection Relationship
PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
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Body Fortune Goodness Purity Uncomfortable
Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Assasination Harmony Instrument
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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God Man One Liner Reason Sleep
There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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Adventure Knowledge Old Sun Wisdom

PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.

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