MONEY, n. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it. An evidence of culture and a passport to polite society. Supportable property.
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CONTEMPT, n. The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.Ambrose Bierce
WASHINGTONIAN, n. A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of governing himself for the advantage of good government. In justice to him it should be said that he did not want to.
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PROSPECT, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden.
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PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.
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ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.
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PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous.
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