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

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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Black Color Optimism White
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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Confirm Degree Democracy Reward
Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Average Perseverance Success Virtue
Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Arrangement Classification Ignorance Knowledge Small
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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Appearance Art Color Fools White
Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Disappointment Perspective Time
Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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Division Domain Forever Hope Present
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
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
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
Fidelity – a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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Betrayal Character Cheating Virtue
ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Concession Demand Resort
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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Avoid People Selfish
Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Beautiful Belief Optimism Ugly
Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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Business Cheating Complete Steal Success
What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
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Believe Country Democracy Oneself Ruin

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

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