THEOSOPHY, n. An ancient faith having all the certitude of religion and all the mystery of science.
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AGE, n. That period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we no longer have the enterprise to commit.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.
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Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
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ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.
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