CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says 'The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses.'
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CHRISTIAN, n. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.
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ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble.
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HEATHEN, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.
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KLEPTOMANIAC, n. A rich thief.
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ADMONITION, n. Gentle reproof, as with a meat-axe. Friendly warning.
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