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FRANK's Components of Creativity
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FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.Source: The...
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HISTORIAN, n. A broad-gauge gossip.Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.--...
HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves,...
HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and...
INNATE, adj. Natural, inherent -- as innate ideas . . . that we are born with . . . . The doctrine of innate ideas is...
INCOME, n. The natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability . . . More about this quote...
KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a crowned head, although he never wears a crown and has usually no...
INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction...
LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure. More about this quote...
MAGNETISM, n. Something acting upon a magnet.Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...
MAGNIFICENT, adj. Having a grandeur or splendor superior to that to which the spectator is accustomed, as the ears of...
MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines, who believed in artificially limiting population, but found...
There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept...
OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an old man. Discredited...
OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked...
OPPOSE, v. To assist with obstructions and objections.Source: The Devil's...
RESPONSIBILITY, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor....
SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices;...
Honesty is one part eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves. More about this quote...
We are not hypocrites in our sleep.Source: The Plain Speaker, On Dreams ...
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