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Small debts are...

Small debts are...

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great...

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Seeing Scotland, Madam,...

Seeing Scotland, Madam,...

Seeing Scotland, Madam, is only seeing a worse England.

Source: Life of Johnson,...

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Surely life, if...

Surely life, if...

Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us...

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There is a...

There is a...

There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception...

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It was his...

It was his...

It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must...

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Perhaps man is...

Perhaps man is...

Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle.

Source: In...

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OLD, adj. In...

OLD, adj. In...

OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an old man. Discredited...

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EXECUTIVE, n. An...

EXECUTIVE, n. An...

EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such...

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FINANCE, n. The...

FINANCE, n. The...

FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The...

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HABEAS CORPUS. A...

HABEAS CORPUS. A...

HABEAS CORPUS. A writ by which a man may be taken out of jail when confined for the wrong...

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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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HEATHEN, n. A...

HEATHEN, n. A...

HEATHEN, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and...

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HYENA, n. A...

HYENA, n. A...

HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places...

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IGNORAMUS, n. A...

IGNORAMUS, n. A...

IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having certain other...

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INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In...

INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In...

INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination. Incompatibility may,...

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IMPOSITION, n. The...

IMPOSITION, n. The...

IMPOSITION, n. The act of blessing or consecrating by the laying on of hands -- a ceremony common to many...

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IMPUNITY, n. Wealth....

IMPUNITY, n. Wealth....

IMPUNITY, n. Wealth.

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

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INVENTOR, n. A...

INVENTOR, n. A...

INVENTOR, n. A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers, and springs, and believes it...

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INTRODUCTION, n. A...

INTRODUCTION, n. A...

INTRODUCTION, n. A social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his...

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INFALAPSARIAN, n. One...

INFALAPSARIAN, n. One...

INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unless he had a mind to -- in opposition...

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