GNOSTICS, n. A sect of philosophers who tried to engineer a fusion between the early Christians and the Platonists. The former would not go into the caucus and the combination failed, greatly to the chagrin of the fusion managers.
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INDECISION, n. The chief element of success . . . for he who from indecision standeth still hath not so many chances of going astray as he who pusheth forwards. ( Sir Thomas Brewbold)
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PAST, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance. The Past is the Future of yesterday, the Future is the Past of to-morrow. They are one the knowledge and the dream.
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