Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
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PLUNDER, v. To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft. To wrest the wealth of A from B and leave C lamenting a vanishing opportunity.
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PREDILECTION, n. The preparatory stage of disillusion.
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POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.
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OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.
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CONFIDANT, CONFIDANTE, n. One entrusted by A with the secrets of B, confided by 'him' to C.
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