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QUEEN, n. A...

QUEEN, n. A...

QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is...

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RADICALISM, n. The...

RADICALISM, n. The...

RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day.

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REFLECTION, n. An...

REFLECTION, n. An...

REFLECTION, n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and...

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REVERENCE, n. The...

REVERENCE, n. The...

REVERENCE, n. The spiritual attitude of a man to a god and a dog to a man.

Source:...

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RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor;...

RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor;...

RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor; philanthropist.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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REALISM, n. The...

REALISM, n. The...

REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or...

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SCRIPTURES, n. The...

SCRIPTURES, n. The...

SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which...

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SELF-ESTEEM,n. An erroneous...

SELF-ESTEEM,n. An erroneous...

SELF-ESTEEM,n. An erroneous appraisal.

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

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RIMER, n. A...

RIMER, n. A...

RIMER, n. A poet regarded with indifference or disesteem.

Source: The Devil's...

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SATIETY, n. The...

SATIETY, n. The...

SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam.

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SEINE, n. A...

SEINE, n. A...

SEINE, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but...

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TRUCE, n. Friendship....

TRUCE, n. Friendship....

TRUCE, n. Friendship.

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

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SYMBOL, n. Something...

SYMBOL, n. Something...

SYMBOL, n. Something that is supposed to typify or stand for something else. Many symbols are mere survivals -- as...

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We are not...

We are not...

We are not satisfied to be right, unless we can prove others to be quite wrong.

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Surrealism is a...

Surrealism is a...

Surrealism is a bourgeois disaffection; that its militants thought it universal is only one of the signs that it is...

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We can scarcely...

We can scarcely...

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

Source: 'On Criticism'
-- William...

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When I'm in...

When I'm in...

When I'm in the country I wish to vegetate like the country.

Source: In Webster's...

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It is better...

It is better...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to...

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The whole of...

The whole of...

The whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of death.

Source: In Webster's...

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Mark Twain: Don't you worry,...

Mark Twain: Don't you worry,...

'Don't you worry, and don't you hurry.'I know that phrase by heart, and if all other music should perish out of the...

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