Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
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POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.Ambrose Bierce
SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.
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CONDOLE, v.i. To show that bereavement is a smaller evil than sympathy.
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There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.
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ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.
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OFFENSIVE, adj. Generating disagreeable emotions or sensations, as the advance of an army against its enemy.
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