The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.
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YEAR, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.
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PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.
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An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me.
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