REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.
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DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.Ambrose Bierce
REVELATION, n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing.
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Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj. Having full power. A Minister Plenipotentiary is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on condition that he never exert it.
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INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic, and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime.
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Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.
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