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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

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PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument; as, "He presided at the piccolo."

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International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one

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Adolescence: A stage between infancy and adultery.

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For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

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

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DISABUSE, v.t. To present your neighbor with another and better error than the one which he has deemed advantageous to embrace.

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ENOUGH, pro. All there is in the world if you like it.

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ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him.

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Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.

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ARTLESSNESS, n. A certain engaging quality to which women attain by long study and severe practice upon the admiring male, who is pleased to fancy it resembles the candid simplicity of his young.

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INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination. Incompatibility may, however, consist of a meek-eyed matron living just around the corner. It has even been known to wear a moustache.

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WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character.

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Example is better than following it.

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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.

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Along the road of life are many pleasure resorts, but think not that by tarrying in them you will take more days to the journey. The day of your arrival is already recorded.

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