PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe .... The absence of a good working pair of wings is no defect, for, as has been ingeniously pointed out, the ostrich does not fly.Ambrose Bierce
Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.
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BEHAVIOR, n. Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding.
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APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.
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ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. Byron, who recovered long enough to call it 'entuzy-muzy,' had a relapse, which carried him off to Missolonghi.
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PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic.
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