Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
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DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.Ambrose Bierce
LAWSUIT, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out as a sausage.
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PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.
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Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.
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MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility.
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INDIGESTION, n. A disease which the patient and his friends frequently mistake for deep religious conviction and concern for the salvation of mankind.
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