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Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough...
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Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the...
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Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
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Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so...
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Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.
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Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to...
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Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they...
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
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Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
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Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which...
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Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of...
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Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.
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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal...
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Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from...
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Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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