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PALM, n. A...

PALM, n. A...

PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar itching palm (Palma hominis) is most widely distributed . . . ....

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RENOWN, n. A...

RENOWN, n. A...

RENOWN, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame -- a little more supportable than the one and a little...

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EXTINCTION, n. The...

EXTINCTION, n. The...

EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.

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FELON, n. A...

FELON, n. A...

FELON, n. A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate...

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FORK, n. An...

FORK, n. An...

FORK, n. An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the...

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FLOP, v. Suddenly...

FLOP, v. Suddenly...

FLOP, v. Suddenly to change one's opinions and go over to another party. The most notable flop on record was that of...

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FUNERAL, n. A...

FUNERAL, n. A...

FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief...

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IDIOT, n. A...

IDIOT, n. A...

IDIOT, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and...

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IMPENITENCE, n. A...

IMPENITENCE, n. A...

IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.

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INTENTION, n. The...

INTENTION, n. The...

INTENTION, n. The mind's sense of the prevalence of one set of influences over another set; an effect whose cause is...

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KNOWLEDGE, n. --...

KNOWLEDGE, n. --...

KNOWLEDGE, n. -- The small body of ignorance that we arrange and classify.

Source:...

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LAST, n. A...

LAST, n. A...

LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of...

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LEARNING, n. The...

LEARNING, n. The...

LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

Source: The Devil's...

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LIFE, n. A...

LIFE, n. A...

LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost...

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JOSS-STICKS, n. Small...

JOSS-STICKS, n. Small...

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

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LIAR, n. A...

LIAR, n. A...

LIAR, n. A lawyer with a roving commission.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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MAN, n. An...

MAN, n. An...

MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought...

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Four be the...

Four be the...

Four be the things I'd been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.


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Our duty is...

Our duty is...

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers.

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Aristotle: The ultimate value...

Aristotle: The ultimate value...

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness, and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere...

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