YEAR, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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MILLENNIUM, n. The period of a thousand years when the lid is to be screwed down, with all reformers on the under side.
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Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.
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PLOW, n. An implement that cries aloud for hands accustomed to the pen.
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PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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Heaven, n. A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound your own.
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