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IMBECILITY, n. A...

IMBECILITY, n. A...

IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this...

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IMPARTIAL, adj. Unable...

IMPARTIAL, adj. Unable...

IMPARTIAL, adj. Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy or...

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INDECISION, n. The...

INDECISION, n. The...

INDECISION, n. The chief element of success . . . for he who from indecision standeth still hath not so many chances...

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INCUMBENT, n. A...

INCUMBENT, n. A...

INCUMBENT, n. A person of the liveliest interest to the outcumbents.

Source: The...

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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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KISS, n. A...

KISS, n. A...

KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for bliss. It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of...

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LAUREL, n. The...

LAUREL, n. The...

LAUREL, n. The laurus, a vegetable dedicated to Apollo, and formerly defoliated to wreathe the brows of victors and...

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ITCH, n. The...

ITCH, n. The...

ITCH, n. The patriotism of a Scotchman.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
--...

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LL.D. Letters indicating...

LL.D. Letters indicating...

LL.D. Letters indicating the degree Legumptionorum Doctor, one learned in laws, gifted with legal gumption. Some...

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When a thing...

When a thing...

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

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I would be...

I would be...

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an...

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It seems not...

It seems not...

It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may be afterwards censured,...

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Lawyers know life...

Lawyers know life...

Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.

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Our brightest blazes...

Our brightest blazes...

Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

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Native ability, without...

Native ability, without...

Native ability, without education is like a tree without fruit.

Source: In...

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Sir, the insolence...

Sir, the insolence...

Sir, the insolence of wealth will creep out.

Source: Life of Johnson, (J. Boswell),...

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There mark what...

There mark what...

There mark what ills the scholar's life assail
Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the...

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You find no...

You find no...

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is...

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Youth enters the...

Youth enters the...

Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favour. She imagines herself not only certain of...

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Sin is a...

Sin is a...

Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to...

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