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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.

Ambrose Bierce

RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Assassination Character Weapon
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Drive Slave Substitute
Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Final Funny Rich
Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Labor Pregnant Property
MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.
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Brain Fact Himself Mindset Mysterious Nature
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Add Fools Funny Himself Time
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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Death Money Person Praise Wealth
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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Evil Existence Philosophy Replacement
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
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Convincing Doubt Enemy Man Person
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
Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Blessing Exception Leaving Money
Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.
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Brain Fear Idiot One Liner
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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Belief Manifestation Opinion Statement
Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.
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Age Head Himself See Thinking Wisdom
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Law Oneself Skills
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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Disguise Education Understand Wisdom

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