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Cabbage, n: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
Litigation, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out as a sausage.
Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.
Brain, n. An apparatus with which we think we think ...
Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
Behavior, n. Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding.
Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.
History, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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The time we waste trying to find out what life is all about could be spent loving someone and finding out.
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Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
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