Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
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HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best wishes, cat-quick.Ambrose Bierce
LAUREL, n. The laurus, a vegetable dedicated to Apollo, and formerly defoliated to wreathe the brows of victors and such poets as had influence at court. (Vide supra.)
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Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things.
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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NOSE, n. The extreme outpost of the face. It has been observed that one's nose is never so happy as when thrust into the affairs of others, from which some physiologists have drawn the inference that the nose is devoid of the sense of smell.
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LUNARIAN, n. An inhabitant of the moon, as distinguished from Lunatic, one whom the moon inhabits.
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