Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.
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ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him.Ambrose Bierce
ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. Suitably placed for the shafts of malice, envy and detraction.
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CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.
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Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.
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UNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith.
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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
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