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April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.

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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
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Community Marriage Master Mistress Slave
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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Country Fools Freedom Instrument Power
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Book Distance
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
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Boundary Divorce Relationship
Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else
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Electricity Natural Reason
Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
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Appearance Earth Face Genius God Leaving Nature Original Root Woman
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Act Repeat Word
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Food Place Religion Service State
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
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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Age Believe Fools Hard Thinking Wisdom Young
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
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Belief Manifestation Opinion Statement
You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Help Religion Stupidity
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
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God Man One Liner Reason Sleep
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Leadership Philosophy Road

April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.

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