BRAIN, n. An apparatus with which we think what we think. That which distinguishes the man who is content to _be_ something from the man who wishes to _do_ something. A man of great wealth, or one who has been…

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HYPOCRITE, n. One who, profession virtues that he does not respect secures the advantage of...

HYPOCRITE, n. One who, profession virtues that he does not respect secures the advantage of...

Kindness is a brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.

Kindness is a brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.

SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and...

SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and...

A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes...

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes...

MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine,...

MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine,...

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.

Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.

DOG, n. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and...

DOG, n. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and...

TOMB, n. The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a...

TOMB, n. The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a...

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.

LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and...

LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and...

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making...

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making...

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The...

PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The...

I will not rest until I have transformed the landscape of American politics.

I will not rest until I have transformed the landscape of American politics.

I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.

I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to...

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to...