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“Sweater, n. Garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.”
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“Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.”
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“Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be.”
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four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and
praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain
whether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is for
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