Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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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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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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