Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people’s beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
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Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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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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I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
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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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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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