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MONARCH, n. A...

MONARCH, n. A...

MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as...

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MONSIGNOR, n. A...

MONSIGNOR, n. A...

MONSIGNOR, n. A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the...

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MISDEMEANOR, n. An...

MISDEMEANOR, n. An...

MISDEMEANOR, n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance...

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So long as...

So long as...

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

Source:...

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Honesty is one...

Honesty is one...

Honesty is one part eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves.

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We are not...

We are not...

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

Source: The Plain Speaker, On Dreams ...

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OLD, adj. In...

OLD, adj. In...

OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an old man. Discredited...

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OPPOSE, v. To...

OPPOSE, v. To...

OPPOSE, v. To assist with obstructions and objections.

Source: The Devil's...

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OVERWORK, n. A...

OVERWORK, n. A...

OVERWORK, n. A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go...

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RITUALISM, n. A...

RITUALISM, n. A...

RITUALISM, n. A Dutch Garden of God where He may walk in rectilinear freedom, keeping off the...

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ROBBER, n. A...

ROBBER, n. A...

ROBBER, n. A candid man of affairs.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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The fact that...

The fact that...

The fact that illness is associated with the poor --who are, from the perspective of the privileged, aliens in one's...

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Victims suggest innocence....

Victims suggest innocence....

Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests...

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Honesty pays, but...

Honesty pays, but...

Honesty pays, but it don't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

Source: In...

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Some fellows get...

Some fellows get...

Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.

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Standing on your...

Standing on your...

Standing on your dignity makes for poor footing.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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A railroad station?...

A railroad station?...

A railroad station? That was sort of a primitive airport, only you didn't have to take a cab 20 miles out of town to...

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Francis Bacon: If the hill...

Francis Bacon: If the hill...

If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.

Source: Essays,...

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Francis Bacon: If a man...

Francis Bacon: If a man...

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shews he is a citizen of the world.

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Francis Bacon: Write down the...

Francis Bacon: Write down the...

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most...

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