IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices.
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PEDIGREE, n. The known part of the route from an arboreal ancestor with a swim bladder to an urban descendant with a cigarette.Ambrose Bierce
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
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MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.
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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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WITCH, n. (1) Any ugly and repulsive old woman, in a wicked league with the devil. (2) A beautiful and attractive young woman, in wickedness a league beyond the devil.
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Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.
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