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Wickedness is always...

Wickedness is always...

Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes a short cut to everything.

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Wine makes a...

Wine makes a...

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. . . . This is...

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All government, in...

All government, in...

All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man.

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Sin is a...

Sin is a...

Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to...

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HUMANITY, n. The...

HUMANITY, n. The...

HUMANITY, n. The human race, collectively, exclusive of the anthropoid poets.

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HONORABLE, adj. Afflicted...

HONORABLE, adj. Afflicted...

HONORABLE, adj. Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all...

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INDIGESTION, n. A...

INDIGESTION, n. A...

INDIGESTION, n. A disease which the patient and his friends frequently mistake for deep religious conviction and...

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INSCRIPTION, n. Something...

INSCRIPTION, n. Something...

INSCRIPTION, n. Something written on another thing -- mostly memorial, intended to commemorate the fame of some...

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JUSTICE, n. A...

JUSTICE, n. A...

JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for...

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INTERPRETER, n. One...

INTERPRETER, n. One...

INTERPRETER, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what...

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LEVIATHAN, n. An...

LEVIATHAN, n. An...

LEVIATHAN, n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been the whale, but [others]...

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LIGHTHOUSE, n. A...

LIGHTHOUSE, n. A...

LIGHTHOUSE, n. A tall building on the seashore in which the government maintains a lamp and the friend of a...

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LUMINARY, n. One...

LUMINARY, n. One...

LUMINARY, n. One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not writing about it.

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LAWSUIT, n. A...

LAWSUIT, n. A...

LAWSUIT, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out as a sausage.

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MEDAL, n. A...

MEDAL, n. A...

MEDAL, n. A small metal disk given as a reward for virtues, attainments or services more or less...

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MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n....

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n....

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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MAGNITUDE, n. Size...

MAGNITUDE, n. Size...

MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing...

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MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A...

MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A...

MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A long glove covering a part of the arm. Worn in New Jersey. But mousquetaire is a might poor way to...

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MUGWUMP, n. In...

MUGWUMP, n. In...

MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of...

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NEIGHBOR, n. One...

NEIGHBOR, n. One...

NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us...

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