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Saint Augustine: Forgiveness is the...

Saint Augustine: Forgiveness is the...

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being...

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Saint Augustine: Better to have...

Saint Augustine: Better to have...

Better to have fewer wants than greater riches to supply increasing wants.

Source:...

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OFFENSIVE, adj. Generating...

OFFENSIVE, adj. Generating...

OFFENSIVE, adj. Generating disagreeable emotions or sensations, as the advance of an army against its...

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PASTIME, n. A...

PASTIME, n. A...

PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.

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PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible...

PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible...

PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of anyone ambitious to illuminate his...

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PHRENOLOGY, n. The...

PHRENOLOGY, n. The...

PHRENOLOGY, n. The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists in locating and exploiting the organ...

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PHONOGRAPH, n. An...

PHONOGRAPH, n. An...

PHONOGRAPH, n. An irritating toy that restores life to dead noises.

Source: The...

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PICKANINNY, n. The...

PICKANINNY, n. The...

PICKANINNY, n. The young of the Procyanthropos, or Americanus dominans. It is small, black and charged with political...

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PEDIGREE, n. The...

PEDIGREE, n. The...

PEDIGREE, n. The known part of the route from an arboreal ancestor with a swim bladder to an urban descendant with a...

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PIGMY, n. One...

PIGMY, n. One...

PIGMY, n. One of a tribe of very small men found by ancient travelers in many parts of the world, but by modern in...

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PYRRHONISM, n. An...

PYRRHONISM, n. An...

PYRRHONISM, n. An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but...

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RADIUM, n. A...

RADIUM, n. A...

RADIUM, n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool...

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RATTLESNAKE, n. Our...

RATTLESNAKE, n. Our...

RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, Homo ventrambulans.

Source: The Devil's...

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RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor;...

RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor;...

RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor; philanthropist.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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TZETZE (or TSETSE)...

TZETZE (or TSETSE)...

TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most...

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SELFISH, adj. Devoid...

SELFISH, adj. Devoid...

SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

Source: The...

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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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WITCH, n. (1)...

WITCH, n. (1)...

WITCH, n. (1) Any ugly and repulsive old woman, in a wicked league with the devil. (2) A beautiful and attractive...

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The unfinished is...

The unfinished is...

The unfinished is nothing.

Source: Journal intime
-- Henri Frederic Amiel, (Sep...

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Women never reason,...

Women never reason,...

Women never reason, and therefore they are (comparatively) seldom wrong.

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