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CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.

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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.

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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.

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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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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.

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actually, adv. Perhaps; possibly.

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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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LOGOMACHY, n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds punctures in the swim-bladder of self-esteem - a kind of contest in which, the vanquished being unconscious of defeat, the victor is denied the reward of success.

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EAT, v.i. To perform successively (and successfully) the functions of mastication, humectation, and deglutition. 'I was in the drawing-room, enjoying my dinner,' said Brillat-Savarin, beginning an anecdote. 'What!' interrupted Rochebriant; 'eating dinner in a drawing-room?' 'I must beg you to observe, monsieur,' explained the great gastronome, 'that I did not say I was eating my dinner, but enjoying it. I had dined an hour before.'

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NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.

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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.

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NOBLEMAN, n. Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and suffer high life.

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A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.

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ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgment of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.

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Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods.

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RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.

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