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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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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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Ambition Death Desire Enemy Friendship
PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
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Body Fortune Goodness Purity Uncomfortable
The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.
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Country Development Engagement Existence People Strife
Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Beautiful Belief Optimism Ugly
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Love Marriage Sanity Temporary
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
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Activity Diversity Equality Heart Human
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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Add Fools Funny Himself Time
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Boundary Divorce Relationship
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish
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
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Contrast Fall Sense
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Entertainment Innocent Military Popular
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
Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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Breathe Conversation Listening Vocal
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
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

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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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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