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A penny saved is a penny to squander.

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Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

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Habit: A shackle for the free.

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JOSS-STICKS- Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.

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RESPIRATOR, n. An apparatus fitted over the nose and mouth of an inhabitant of London, whereby to filter the visible universe in its passage to the lungs.

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CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he was observed to be deeply moved. "What!" said one of his disciples, "you weep at the death of an enemy?" "Ah, 'tis true," replied the great Stoic; "but you should see me smile at the death of a friend.".

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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.

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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

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Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

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Youth is Gilead, in which is balm for every wound.

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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

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When publicly censured our first instinct is to make everybody a codefendant.

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Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.

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Aristocrats: n. fellows that wear downy hats and clean shirts - guilty of education and suspected of bank accounts.

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Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

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Christian - One who follows the teachings of Christ insofar as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.

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