INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.
INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.
OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer ...
DIVINATION, n. The art of nosing out the occult. Divination is of as many kinds as there are fruit-bearing varieties of the flowering dunce and the early fool.
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
RHADOMANCER, n. One who uses a divining-rod in prospecting for precious metals in the pocket of a fool.
RASCAL, n. A fool considered under another aspect.
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
SCRAP-BOOK, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read about themselves or employ others to collect.
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
RADIUM, n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool with.
VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass.
CIRCUS, n. A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.
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