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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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Man Philosophy True Woman
Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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Death Edit Revision Sin
Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.
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Appearance Earth Face Genius God Leaving Nature Original Root Woman
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
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
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Democracy Lamb Lunch Vote Wolf
Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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Black Color Optimism White
Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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Labor Pregnant Property
Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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Disappointment Perspective Time
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
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God Place Teaching War
Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.
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Blessing Exception Leaving Money
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
Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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Confession Law Prayer Universe Worth
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
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Convincing Doubt Enemy Man Person
Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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Degree Independence Intellectual
Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
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Animal Digest Eat Goodness Man Science

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