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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.

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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
Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Beautiful Belief Optimism Ugly
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
RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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Delusion Experience Observation Reflection Save
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
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Contrast Fall Sense
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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Disguised Patience Virtue
Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.
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Company Interior Laughter Noise
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
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Boundary Divorce Relationship
Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Assasination Harmony Instrument
To the eye of failure success is an accident.
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Accident Eyes Failure Perspective Success
Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Blessing Exception Leaving Money
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Affection Creature Dog World
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
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

PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.

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