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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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SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident...

SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident...

SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.

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TELESCOPE, n. A...

TELESCOPE, n. A...

TELESCOPE, n. A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the telephone to the ear, enabling distant...

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TAKE, v.t. To...

TAKE, v.t. To...

TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.

Source: The...

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Life is not...

Life is not...

Life is not significant details, illuminated by a flash, fixed forever. Photographs are.

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Those only deserve...

Those only deserve...

Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.

Source:
-- William Hazlitt,...

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When a thing...

When a thing...

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

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We can bear...

We can bear...

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

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DEBT, n. An...

DEBT, n. An...

DEBT, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave driver.

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ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any...

ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any...

ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.

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FOLLY, n. That...

FOLLY, n. That...

FOLLY, n. That gift and faculty divine whose creative and controlling energy inspires Man's mind, guides his actions...

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FORCE, n. Force...

FORCE, n. Force...

FORCE, n. Force is but might, the teacher said p
That definition's just.
The boy said naught but throught...

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FUTURE, n. That...

FUTURE, n. That...

FUTURE, n. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true, and our happiness is...

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GHOST, n. The...

GHOST, n. The...

GHOST, n. The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.

Source: The Devil's...

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GOUT, n. A...

GOUT, n. A...

GOUT, n. A physician's name for the rheumatism of a rich patient.

Source: The...

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HARMONISTS, n. A...

HARMONISTS, n. A...

HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were...

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HOMOEOPATHY, n. A...

HOMOEOPATHY, n. A...

HOMOEOPATHY, n. A school of medicine midway between Allopathy and Christian Science. To the last both the others are...

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HARBOR, n. A...

HARBOR, n. A...

HARBOR, n. A place where ships taking shelter from storms are exposed to the fury of...

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IDLENESS, n. A...

IDLENESS, n. A...

IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple...

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KILT, n. A...

KILT, n. A...

KILT, n. A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and Americans in Scotland.

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