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GNOSTICS, n. A sect of philosophers who tried to engineer a fusion between the early Christians and the Platonists....
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HASH, x. There is no definition for this word -- nobody knows what hash is.Source:...
HOUSELESS, adj. Having paid all taxes on household goods.Source: The Devil's...
IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple...
INDIGESTION, n. A disease which the patient and his friends frequently mistake for deep religious conviction and...
LAP, n. One of the most important organs of the female system -- an admirable provision of nature for the repose of...
MAD, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; at odds with the majority; in short, unusual. It...
MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders.Source: The Devil's...
Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes the edge off admiration. More about this quote...
The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which...
It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting...
No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.Source: Quoted in: Boswell, Life of Samuel...
Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young...
The Irish are a fair people; - they never speak well of one another.Source: Life...
Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to...
The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered but a general effect of pleasing...
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to...
Their learning is like bread in a besieged town: every man gets a little, but no man gets a full...
Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale.Source: Letter, 24...
The whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of death.Source: In Webster's...
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