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Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
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Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.
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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
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I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.
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Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.
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Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.
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