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There is no...

There is no...

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Source: In

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DEFENCELESS, adj. Unable...

DEFENCELESS, adj. Unable...

DEFENCELESS, adj. Unable to attack.

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

DRAGOON, n. A...

DRAGOON, n. A soldier who combines dash and steadiness in so equal measure that he makes his advances on foot and his...

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DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant...

DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant...

DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his...

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ECONOMY, n. Purchasing...

ECONOMY, n. Purchasing...

ECONOMY, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot...

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EDIBLE, adj. Good...

EDIBLE, adj. Good...

EDIBLE, adj. Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to...

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EVANGELIST, n. A...

EVANGELIST, n. A...

EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation...

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ELEGY, n. A...

ELEGY, n. A...

ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce...

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The wretched of...

The wretched of...

The wretched of the earth do not decide to become extinct, they resolve, on the contrary, to multiply: life is their...

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Europe has what...

Europe has what...

Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a sense, in a word, of...

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Aristotle: Obstinate people can...

Aristotle: Obstinate people can...

Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish.

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Andrea Dworkin: Childbearing is glorified...

Andrea Dworkin: Childbearing is glorified...

Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it.

Source: Pornography,...

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Baltasar Gracian: Know or listen...

Baltasar Gracian: Know or listen...

Know or listen to those who know.

Source: In Quotations of Wit and Wisdom, ed. &...

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Women have simple...

Women have simple...

Women have simple tastes. They can get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in...

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The wretched have...

The wretched have...

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

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It is the...

It is the...

It is the only sensual pleasure without vice.

Source: Quoted in: Anecdotes by...

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Men know that...

Men know that...

Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or most ignorant. If they did...

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Poetry is the...

Poetry is the...

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ogden Nash: No matter how...

Ogden Nash: No matter how...

No matter how deep and dark your pit, how dank your shroud,
Their heads are heroically unbloody and...

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Robert Frost: Education doesn't change...

Robert Frost: Education doesn't change...

Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

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