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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
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Happiness Temptation Weakness
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Contrast Fall Sense
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
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
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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Disguised Patience Virtue
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
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
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Entertainment Innocent Military Popular
Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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Coward Emergency Himself Legs Thinking
Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Labor Pregnant Property
Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one’s neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
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Astrology Custom Easy Fate God Responsibility
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
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
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
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
I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Myself Reputation Thinking
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
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Affection Creature Dog World

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