Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

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When you doubt, abstain.

When you doubt, abstain.

READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as...

READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as...

Impiety, n.: Your irreverence toward my deity.

Impiety, n.: Your irreverence toward my deity.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern...

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern...

LEVIATHAN, n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been...

LEVIATHAN, n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been...

Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.

Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should...

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should...

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to...

Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to...

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of...

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of...

A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes...

A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes...

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which...

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which...

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...

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad,...

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad,...

LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.

LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.

(On what her longevity is attributed to) Red meat and gin.

(On what her longevity is attributed to) Red meat and gin.

Any sage will tell you the secret to longevity is to outlive your predictions and...

Any sage will tell you the secret to longevity is to outlive your predictions and...