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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Final Funny Rich
Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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Call Distance Poor Rich Willing
Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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Division Domain Forever Hope Present
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
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
True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Man Philosophy True Woman
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Food Place Religion Service State
REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.
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Art Charm Measurement Nature Worm
They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
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Animal Born Egg Loud Lying
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
Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Assasination Harmony Instrument
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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Faith Holy Ourselves Religion Scripture Writing
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Death End Estate Himself
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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Art Human Limitation Reason Thinking Understand

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