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LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.

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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
Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Labor Pregnant Property
What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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Believe Country Democracy Oneself Ruin
Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Black Color Optimism White
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
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
He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Alarm Difficult Himself Thinking
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
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Death End Estate Himself
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
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Affection Creature Dog World
True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Man Philosophy True Woman
Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Average Perseverance Success Virtue
Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Machine Technology Transformation
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Law Oneself Skills
ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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Blacksmith Cloth Kind Man

LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.

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