SELF-ESTEEM,n. An erroneous appraisal.
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COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a brotherhood of awful examples.Ambrose Bierce
EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.
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NIRVANA, n. In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.
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FREEBOOTER, n. A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of magnitude.
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MONSIGNOR, n. A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.
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I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.
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