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The joy of...

The joy of...

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of...

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The booksellers are...

The booksellers are...

The booksellers are generous liberal-minded men.

Source: Life of Johnson, (J....

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That observation which...

That observation which...

That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than...

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What we ever...

What we ever...

What we ever hope to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence.

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PALM, n. A...

PALM, n. A...

PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar itching palm (Palma hominis) is most widely distributed . . . ....

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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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REVIEW, v.t. To...

REVIEW, v.t. To...

REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it.
Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to...

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GENEALOGY, n. An...

GENEALOGY, n. An...

GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his...

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FAMOUS, adj. Conspicuously...

FAMOUS, adj. Conspicuously...

FAMOUS, adj. Conspicuously miserable.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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GUILLOTINE, n. A...

GUILLOTINE, n. A...

GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.

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HARMONISTS, n. A...

HARMONISTS, n. A...

HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were...

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HANDKERCHIEF, n. A...

HANDKERCHIEF, n. A...

HANDKERCHIEF, n. A small square of silk or linen, used in various ignoble offices about the face and especially...

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I, pro. In...

I, pro. In...

I, pro. In grammar it is a pronoun of the first person and singular number. Its plural is said to be We, but how there...

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IMBECILITY, n. A...

IMBECILITY, n. A...

IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this...

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INNATE, adj. Natural,...

INNATE, adj. Natural,...

INNATE, adj. Natural, inherent -- as innate ideas . . . that we are born with . . . . The doctrine of innate ideas is...

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KISS, n. A...

KISS, n. A...

KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for bliss. It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of...

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KING, n. A...

KING, n. A...

KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a crowned head, although he never wears a crown and has usually no...

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KNOWLEDGE, n. --...

KNOWLEDGE, n. --...

KNOWLEDGE, n. -- The small body of ignorance that we arrange and classify.

Source:...

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INSURANCE, n. An...

INSURANCE, n. An...

INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction...

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LAZINESS, n. Unwarranted...

LAZINESS, n. Unwarranted...

LAZINESS, n. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.

Source: The...

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