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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

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BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.

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EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.

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Hippogriff, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, only one-quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises.

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adherent, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.

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LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons in the folds of two enormous serpents. The skill and diligence with which the old man and lads support the serpents and keep them up to their work have been justly regarded as one of the noblest artistic illustrations of the mastery of human intelligence over brute inertia.

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GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside.

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A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about.

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BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given.

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Cat: a soft indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.

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RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by the prosecuting attorney. Any break in the continuity of a disagreeable expectation.

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HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But the medical student does that

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IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.

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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

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There would be far fewer accidents if we could only teach telephone poles to be more careful.

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A subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship . . . . [H]is master works for the means wherewith to purchase the idle wag of the Solomonic tail, seasoned with a look of tolerant recognition.

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CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.

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Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.

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RUIN, v. To destroy. Specifically, to destroy a maid's belief in the virtue of maids.

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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

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