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Nothing is more...

Nothing is more...

Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools.

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The man who...

The man who...

The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.

Source: In...

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DIARY, n. A...

DIARY, n. A...

DIARY, n. A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can relate to himself without...

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DISSEMBLE, v.i. To...

DISSEMBLE, v.i. To...

DISSEMBLE, v.i. To put a clean shirt upon the character.

Source: The Devil's...

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DISTANCE, n. The...

DISTANCE, n. The...

DISTANCE, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs, and...

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DEFENCELESS, adj. Unable...

DEFENCELESS, adj. Unable...

DEFENCELESS, adj. Unable to attack.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
--...

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ELECTRICITY, n. The...

ELECTRICITY, n. The...

ELECTRICITY, n. The power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else....

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EAT, v.i. To...

EAT, v.i. To...

EAT, v.i. To perform successively (and successfully) the functions of mastication, humectation, and...

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ECONOMY, n. Purchasing...

ECONOMY, n. Purchasing...

ECONOMY, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot...

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DIE, n. The...

DIE, n. The...

DIE, n. The singular of dice. We seldom hear the word, because there is a prohibitory proverb, Never say...

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EFFECT, n. The...

EFFECT, n. The...

EFFECT, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is...

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ILLUMINATI, n. A...

ILLUMINATI, n. A...

ILLUMINATI, n. A sect of Spanish heretics of the latter part of the sixteenth century; so called because they were...

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IMPROVIDENCE, n. Provision...

IMPROVIDENCE, n. Provision...

IMPROVIDENCE, n. Provision for the needs of to-day from the revenues of to-morrow.

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IGNORAMUS, n. A...

IGNORAMUS, n. A...

IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having certain other...

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INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In...

INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In...

INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable . . .

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INTERREGNUM, n. The...

INTERREGNUM, n. The...

INTERREGNUM, n. The period during which a monarchical country is governed by a warm spot on the cushion of the throne....

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KLEPTOMANIAC, n. A...

KLEPTOMANIAC, n. A...

KLEPTOMANIAC, n. A rich thief.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
-- Ambrose...

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LAUREATE, adj. Crowned...

LAUREATE, adj. Crowned...

LAUREATE, adj. Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court,...

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LAUREL, n. The...

LAUREL, n. The...

LAUREL, n. The laurus, a vegetable dedicated to Apollo, and formerly defoliated to wreathe the brows of victors and...

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LORE, n. Learning...

LORE, n. Learning...

LORE, n. Learning which is not derived from a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult books,...

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