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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

Ambrose Bierce

Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Beautiful Belief Optimism Ugly
Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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Coward Emergency Himself Legs Thinking
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
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Contrast Fall Sense
You don’t have to be stupid to be a Christian, but it probably helps.
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Help Religion Stupidity
Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.
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Final Funny Rich
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Analysis Delusion Himself Philosophy
True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Man Philosophy True Woman
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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Disguise Education Understand Wisdom
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
Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Labor Pregnant Property
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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Death Money Person Praise Wealth
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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Marriage People Person Support
Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Arrangement Classification Ignorance Knowledge Small

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