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Ralph Waldo Emerson: People see only...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: People see only...

People see only what they are prepared to see.

Source: Journals, 1863.
-- Ralph...

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Peace Pilgrim: To attain inner...

Peace Pilgrim: To attain inner...

To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life --...

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OCCIDENT, n. The...

OCCIDENT, n. The...

OCCIDENT, n. The world lying west (or east) of the Orient. Largely inhabited by Christians, powerful sub-tribe of the...

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PAST, n. That...

PAST, n. That...

PAST, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance. [T]he...

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OCEAN, n. A...

OCEAN, n. A...

OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no...

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PANTOMIME, n. A...

PANTOMIME, n. A...

PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of...

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FIDDLE, n. An...

FIDDLE, n. An...

FIDDLE, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a...

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FREEBOOTER, n. A...

FREEBOOTER, n. A...

FREEBOOTER, n. A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of...

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GOOSE, n. A...

GOOSE, n. A...

GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These [quills] when inked and drawn mechanically across paper by a...

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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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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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HOMOEOPATHIST, n. The...

HOMOEOPATHIST, n. The...

HOMOEOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.

Source: The Devil's...

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HOSPITALITY, n. The...

HOSPITALITY, n. The...

HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and...

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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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KILL, v.t. To...

KILL, v.t. To...

KILL, v.t. To create a vacancy without nominating a successor.

Source: The Devil's...

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LODGER, n. A...

LODGER, n. A...

LODGER, n. A less popular name for the Second Person of that delectable newspaper Trinity, the Roomer, the Bedder, and...

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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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LYRE, n. An...

LYRE, n. An...

LYRE, n. An ancient instrument of torture.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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LORE, n. Learning...

LORE, n. Learning...

LORE, n. Learning which is not derived from a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult books,...

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MAGPIE, n. A...

MAGPIE, n. A...

MAGPIE, n. A bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to...

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