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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.

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Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Electricity Natural Reason
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
Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Labor Pregnant Property
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
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Contrast Fall Sense
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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Love Marriage Sanity Temporary
True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Man Philosophy True Woman
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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Country Fools Freedom Instrument Power
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Ambition Himself Name Patriot
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Act Repeat Word
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
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Advantage Election Good Stolen
There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.
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Adventure Knowledge Old Sun Wisdom
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
You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Help Religion Stupidity
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
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

ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.

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