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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.

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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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Community Marriage Master Mistress Slave
Scriptures – The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
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Faith Holy Ourselves Religion Scripture Writing
Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
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Animal Digest Eat Goodness Man Science
A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
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Marriage People Person Support
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
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Body Man Ocean World
To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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Accident Eyes Failure Perspective Success
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Boundary Divorce Relationship
Prescription: A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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Harm Patient Prescription Situation
Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Best Gift God Man
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
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Leadership Philosophy Road
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Act Repeat Word
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Advantage Election Good Stolen
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Law Oneself Skills
Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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Call Distance Poor Rich Willing

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