A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.
An ancient philosopher, expounding his conviction that life is no better than death, was asked by a disciple why, then, he did not die. "Because," he replied, "death is no better than life." It is longer.
(also: feedom)
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Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.
(also: trash)
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A condition experience by anerobic humans when they leave the relative safety of their small, intenstine-like basements.

a quote whose author needn't be MLA-cited

(1822 – 1895) French biologist. Developed a cure for rabies and other infectious diseases.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: louis pasteur quotes)

(n.) the knowledge that something inadvisable would be enjoyable, generally meant to be resisted to avoid consequences

(n.) a hard confection made from molten sugar and butter. resembles the nose of a late-stage syphilis sufferer, or at least that's what popular knowledge would have us believe

(1770 – 1827) German composer of the classical and romantic period.
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(also: ludwig van beethoven quotes)

In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.
(also: Congress)
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All men are assured the first death, which is otherwise known as sleep, and then judgement. The second death is when The Lord no longer thinks of you and casts you into the fiery hell.

n. A person who goes to the capital of his country to increase his own; one who makes laws and money.
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(n.) a cat or something close enough to a cat

also: lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, cheetah, puma, lynx... clearly someone went overboard on the varieties of cat

(adj.) describing something that is like a cat or like a thing that is close enough to a cat

(n.) a tiny little insect that compensates for its shrimpiness with endless reinforcements. attracted to exposed foodstuffs, some of the more vicious varieties bite. known also for its monarchist sympathies

n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished from the corpuscle, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter, by a closer resemblance to the atom, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. Three great scientific theories of the structure of the universe are the molecular, the corpuscular and the atomic. A fourth affirms, with Haeckel, the condensation or precipitation of matter from ether — whose existence is proved by the condensation or precipitation. The present trend of scientific thought is toward the theory of ions. The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion. A fifth theory is held by idiots, but it is doubtful if they know any more about the matter than the others.

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the leader of a nation lead by God

“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”
― Lao Tzu
(also: Lao Tzu)

(1769 –- 1821) – French military and political leader.
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(also: napoleon bonaparte quotes)

(n.) when the flesh is (sometimes inconveniently) willing, though the spirit may or may not be

(1749 – 1823) Developed the world's first vaccine (the smallpox vaccine). Known as the father of immunology.
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(also: edward jenner quotes)

A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that —

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"Stone walls do not a prison make,"

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but a combination of the stone wall, the political parasite and the moral instructor is no garden of sweets.
(also: crime)
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