Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.
Acquaintance: "A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.
Pun: A form of wit, to which wise men stoop and fools aspire
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting
INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.
It has been observed that one's nose is never so happy as when thrust into the affairs of others from which some physiologists have drawn the inference that the nose is devoid of the sense of smell.
DEJEUNER, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris. Variously pronounced.
plagiarism, n. A literary coincidence compounded of a discreditable priority and an honorable subsequence.
RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no better off. For this purpose the railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits him to make the transit with great expedition.
When God makes a beautiful woman, the devil opens a new register.
COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness.
International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one
INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.
DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.
An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.
REVOLUTION, n. A bursting of the boilers which usually takes place when the safety valve of public discussion is closed.
Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.
Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
Mad; adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech, and action derived by the conformants from study of themselves; at odds with the majority; in short, unusual. It is noteworthy that persons are pronounced mad by officials destitute of evidence that they themselves are sane.
alone, adj. In bad company.
Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.
Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.
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