LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.
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OPTIMIST, n. A proponent of the doctrine that black is white. A pessimist applied to God for relief.
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PREROGATIVE, n. A sovereign's right to do wrong.
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WASHINGTONIAN, n. A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of governing himself for the advantage of good government. In justice to him it should be said that he did not want to.
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MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants.
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