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APPETITE, n. An...

APPETITE, n. An...

APPETITE, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor...

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BAROMETER, n. An...

BAROMETER, n. An...

BAROMETER, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

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COMPROMISE, n. Such...

COMPROMISE, n. Such...

COMPROMISE, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has...

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CERBERUS, n. The...

CERBERUS, n. The...

CERBERUS, n. The watch-dog of Hades, whose duty it was to guard the entrance -- against whom or what does not clearly...

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CALUMNUS, n. A...

CALUMNUS, n. A...

CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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COMMENDATION, n. The...

COMMENDATION, n. The...

COMMENDATION, n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles, but do not equal, our...

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CONVERSATION, n. A...

CONVERSATION, n. A...

CONVERSATION, n. A fair to the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the...

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We need to...

We need to...

We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors' wisdom.

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Self-repect --The secure...

Self-repect --The secure...

Self-repect --The secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.

Source: A...

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The follies which...

The follies which...

The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the...

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When a man...

When a man...

When a man makes a woman his wife, it's the highest compliment he can pay her, and it's usually the...

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There are people...

There are people...

There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are...

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It is hard...

It is hard...

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his...

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Francis Bacon: No pleasure is...

Francis Bacon: No pleasure is...

No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth.

Source:...

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Francis Bacon: Praise yourself daringly,...

Francis Bacon: Praise yourself daringly,...

Praise yourself daringly, something always sticks.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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To depersonalize man...

To depersonalize man...

To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times.

Source: In

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I have often...

I have often...

I have often been asked, Do not people bore you? I do not understand quite what that means. I suppose the calls of...

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Men seldom make...

Men seldom make...

Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.


Source: News Item, Enough...

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I can't write...

I can't write...

I can't write five words but that I change seven.

Source: In The Algonquin Wits, by...

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Edgar Watson Howe: Wise Man: One...

Edgar Watson Howe: Wise Man: One...

Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.

Source: The...

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