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Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.
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We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.
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The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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Incompatibility. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.
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Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
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Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.
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Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.
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Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.
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