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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.

Ambrose Bierce

Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Governement Party Prevent Rival Run
Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Disappointment Perspective Time
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
ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Concession Demand Resort
Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Labor Pregnant Property
Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Final Funny Rich
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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God Place Teaching War
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Law Oneself Skills
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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Belief Manifestation Opinion Statement
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
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
Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Electricity Natural Reason
Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Death Edit Revision Sin
Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Assasination Harmony Instrument
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
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

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