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PIRACY, n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it.

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Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

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Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.

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IMPOSTOR n. A rival aspirant to public honors.

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ZIGZAG, v.t. To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one carrying the white man's burden.

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DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors.

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MARTYR, One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.

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Introduction - a social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies.

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PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom - and of whom only - it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.

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COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.

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PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.

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Noise: a stench in the ear.

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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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MOUTH, n. In man, the gateway to the soul; in woman, the outlet of the heart.

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REPLICA, n. A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish it from a "copy," which is made by another artist. When the two are mae with equal skill the replica is the more valuable, for it is suppose

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HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.

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RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it.

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BRAIN, n. An apparatus with which we think that we think. That which distinguishes the man who is content to be something from the man who wishes to do something. A man of great wealth, or one who has been pitchforked into high station, has commonly such a headful of brain that his neighbors cannot keep their hats on. In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, brain is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

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Immigrant: An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.

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When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.

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