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"An
acquaintance is someone we know well enough to borrow from but not
enough to lend to." |
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"An
ambassador is a person who, having failed to secure an office from
the people, is given one by the Administration on condition that he
leave the country." |
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"A
violin is the revenge exacted by the intestines of a dead cat." |
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Peace
(n): In international affairs, a period of cheating between two
periods of fighting. |
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"Death
is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate." |
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"All are
lunatics, but he who can analyse his delusions is called a
philosopher." |
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"A grave
is a place where the dead are laid to await the coming of the
medical student." |
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"Love is
temporary insanity curable by marriage." |
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Saint
(n): A dead sinner revised and edited. |
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"An
archbishop is an ecclesiastical dignitary one point holier than a
bishop." |