JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.

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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

SAFETY-CLUTCH, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall of an elevator, or...

SAFETY-CLUTCH, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall of an elevator, or...

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by...

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by...

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Marriage is the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress...

Marriage is the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress...

Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.

Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.

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...

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.

There are 4 kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.

There are 4 kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

ADVICE, n. The smallest current coin. The man was in such deep distress, Said Tom,...

ADVICE, n. The smallest current coin. The man was in such deep distress, Said Tom,...

IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having...

IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having...

INJUSTICE, n. A burden which of all those that we load upon others and carry...

INJUSTICE, n. A burden which of all those that we load upon others and carry...

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

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

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...

Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from...

Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from...

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities...

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities...

I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor,...

I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor,...

I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the...

I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the...