DEATH, n. To stop sinning suddenly.
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OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and stress of our advocacy.Ambrose Bierce
PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.
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RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor philanthropist.
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The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.
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RANSOM, n. The purchase of that which neither belongs to the seller, nor can belong to the buyer. The most unprofitable of investments.
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NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.
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