READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in 'dialect' and humor in slang.
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FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.Ambrose Bierce
Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.
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REQUIEM, n. A mass for the dead which the minor poets assure us the winds sing o'er the graves of their favorites. Sometimes, by way of providing a varied entertainment, they sing a dirge.
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PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.
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DEJEUNER, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris. Variously pronounced.
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