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George Bernard Shaw: This is the...

George Bernard Shaw: This is the...

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being...

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George Bernard Shaw: To me the...

George Bernard Shaw: To me the...

To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching Man to regard himself as an experiment in the realization of...

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PRAY, v. To...

PRAY, v. To...

PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly...

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HOPE, n. Desire...

HOPE, n. Desire...

HOPE, n. Desire and expectation rolled into one.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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HOUSELESS, adj. Having...

HOUSELESS, adj. Having...

HOUSELESS, adj. Having paid all taxes on household goods.

Source: The Devil's...

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INDIGESTION, n. A...

INDIGESTION, n. A...

INDIGESTION, n. A disease which the patient and his friends frequently mistake for deep religious conviction and...

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LEARNING, n. The...

LEARNING, n. The...

LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

Source: The Devil's...

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JOSS-STICKS, n. Small...

JOSS-STICKS, n. Small...

JOSS-STICKS, n. Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of...

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LIBERTY, n. One...

LIBERTY, n. One...

LIBERTY, n. One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

Source: The Devil's...

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LAWYER, n. One...

LAWYER, n. One...

LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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MARTYR, n. One...

MARTYR, n. One...

MARTYR, n. One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.

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NEWTONIAN, adj. Pertaining...

NEWTONIAN, adj. Pertaining...

NEWTONIAN, adj. Pertaining to a philosophy of the universe invented by Newton, who discovered that an apple will fall...

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To a poet...

To a poet...

To a poet nothing can be useless.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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There are minds...

There are minds...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits,...

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There is no...

There is no...

There is no kind of idleness by which we are so easily seduced as that which dignifies itself by the appearance of...

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Anthony J D'Angelo: When solving problems,...

Anthony J D'Angelo: When solving problems,...

When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.

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Francis Bacon: Vain-glorious men are...

Francis Bacon: Vain-glorious men are...

Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their...

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Francis Bacon: It is not...

Francis Bacon: It is not...

It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the...

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Francis Bacon: There be that...

Francis Bacon: There be that...

There be that can pack the cards, and yet cannot play well.

Source: Essays, 22, `Of...

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Francis Bacon: To spend too...

Francis Bacon: To spend too...

To spend too much time in studies is sloth.

Source: Essays, 50, `Of Studies'
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