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POCKET, n. The...

POCKET, n. The...

POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without...

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PRAY, v. To...

PRAY, v. To...

PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly...

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POLICE, n. An...

POLICE, n. An...

POLICE, n. An armed force for protection and participation.

Source: The Devil's...

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QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly...

QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly...

QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty and excellence of this incomparable...

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R.I.P. A careless...

R.I.P. A careless...

R.I.P. A careless abbreviation of requiescat in pace, attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead. According to the...

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PRESIDE, v. To...

PRESIDE, v. To...

PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical...

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PRICE, n. Value,...

PRICE, n. Value,...

PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding...

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PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial....

PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial....

PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial.

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

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RECONCILIATION, n. A...

RECONCILIATION, n. A...

RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the...

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RIDICULE, n. Words...

RIDICULE, n. Words...

RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character...

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SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident...

SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident...

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

Source: The Devil's...

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RUBBISH, n. Worthless...

RUBBISH, n. Worthless...

RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes...

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SABBATH, n. A...

SABBATH, n. A...

SABBATH, n. A weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on...

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REVEILLE, n. A...

REVEILLE, n. A...

REVEILLE, n. A signal to sleeping soldiers to dream of battlefields no more, but get up and have their blue noses...

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Francis Bacon: Antiquities are history...

Francis Bacon: Antiquities are history...

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of...

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Peace Pilgrim: We can work...

Peace Pilgrim: We can work...

We can work on inner peace and world peace at the same time. On one hand, people have found inner peace by losing...

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Aristotle: The beginning of...

Aristotle: The beginning of...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more ....

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Aristotle: In the arena...

Aristotle: In the arena...

In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in...

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Aristotle: Youth is easily...

Aristotle: Youth is easily...

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Source: Rhetoric.
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Aristotle: Philosophy is the...

Aristotle: Philosophy is the...

Philosophy is the science which considers truth.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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