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Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

Ambrose Bierce

Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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Machine Technology Transformation
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.
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Boundary Divorce Relationship
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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Care Civilization Government Intelligence Ourselves Reward
Prescription: A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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Harm Patient Prescription Situation
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
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Law Oneself Skills
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
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
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Body Man Ocean World
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
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Activity Diversity Equality Heart Human
Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
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Country Discover Fertilization Person
PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
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Body Fortune Goodness Purity Uncomfortable
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Contrast Fall Sense
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
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
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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Brain Fact Himself Mindset Mysterious Nature
I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.
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Myself Reputation Thinking

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