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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.

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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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Call Distance Poor Rich Willing
Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Business Cheating Complete Steal Success
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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Death End Estate Himself
Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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Governement Party Prevent Rival Run
Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
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Each Other Hands International Separate Thief Union
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Law Oneself Skills
Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Black Color Optimism White
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Book Distance
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Act Repeat Word
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
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
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish
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
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Drive Slave Substitute
Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Machine Technology Transformation

Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.

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