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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.

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LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.
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Body Life Missing Spiritual
They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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Animal Born Egg Loud Lying
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Law Oneself Skills
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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Art Human Limitation Reason Thinking Understand
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Children Cold Compassionate Feeling Love Mom
Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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Division Domain Forever Hope Present
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Drive Slave Substitute
Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one’s neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
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Astrology Custom Easy Fate God Responsibility
Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Electricity Natural Reason
Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Conscience Destitution Forget Gift God
ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Concession Demand Resort
Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Black Color Optimism 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
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Book Distance
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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Care Civilization Government Intelligence Ourselves Reward

Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.

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