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An accident is an inevitable occurrence due to the actions of immutable natural laws.

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OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment . . . . judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the wisdom of an act is to be juded by the light that the doer had when he performed it.

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You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps.

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POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.

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Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

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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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To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand.

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PIG, n. An animal ("Porcus omnivorus") closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.

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REDRESS, n. Reparation without satisfaction.

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DEBT, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave-driver. As, pent in an aquarium, the troutlet Swims round and round his tank to find an outlet, Pressing his nose against the glass that holds him, Nor ever sees the prison that enfolds him; So the poor debtor, seeing naught around him, Yet feels the narrow limits that impound him, Grieves at his debt and studies to evade it, And finds at last he might as well have paid it.

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GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.

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Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

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Hope is an explorer who surveys the country ahead. That is why we know so much about the Hereafter and so little about the Heretofore.

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GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone.

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Magic: (n) The art of converting superstition into coin.

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CUI BONO? [Latin] What good would that do "me"?

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WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.

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The palmist looks at the wrinkles made by closing the hand and says they signify character. The philosopher reads character by what the hand most loves to close upon.

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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.

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Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure.

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