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

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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
Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Disappointment Perspective Time
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
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
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
Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Business Cheating Complete Steal Success
Life – a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Body Decay Life Selfish
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
RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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Assassination Character Weapon
Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Labor Pregnant Property
Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
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Assasination Harmony Instrument
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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Device Profit Responsibility
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
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
Forgetfulness – a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Conscience Destitution Forget Gift God

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