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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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Belief Manifestation Opinion Statement
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
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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Belief Body History Invention Original People True
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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Appearance Art Color Fools White
Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Beautiful Belief Optimism Ugly
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Act Repeat Word
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Contrast Fall Sense
Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Blessing Exception Leaving Money
You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Help Religion Stupidity
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
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Device Profit Responsibility
There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
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Instrument Worst
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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God Man One Liner Reason Sleep
Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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Beautiful Death Essential Example Poison
Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Machine Technology Transformation
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Leadership Philosophy Road

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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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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