Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity...

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.

Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.

Infidel: In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople,...

Infidel: In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople,...

When you doubt, abstain.

When you doubt, abstain.

Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care...

Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care...

Reconsider, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.

Reconsider, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of...

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of...

TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working...

TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working...

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they...

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they...

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...

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

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...

REPRESENTATIVE, n. In national politics, a member of the Lower House in this world, and...

REPRESENTATIVE, n. In national politics, a member of the Lower House in this world, and...

PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw's classification) of obtaining money by false pretences....

PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw's classification) of obtaining money by false pretences....

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

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

MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence....

MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence....

Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are...

Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are...

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins