In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.Ambrose Bierce
INJUSTICE, n. A burden which of all those that we load upon others and carry ourselves is lightest in the hands and heaviest upon the back.
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RECONSIDER, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.
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ARCHBISHOP, n. An ecclesiastical dignitary one point holier than a bishop.
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KNOWLEDGE, n. -- The small body of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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MEANDER, n. To proceed sinuously and aimlessly. The word is the ancient name of a river about one hundred and fifty miles south of Troy, which turned and twisted in the effort to get out of hearing when the Greeks and Trojans boasted of their prowess.
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