To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.
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Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed resemblance to man.
The pig is taught by sermons and epistles
To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.
—Judibras
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The pig is taught by sermons and epistles
To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.
—Judibras
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n. A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.
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(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
a Herculean task that requires the strength of a thousand warriors and the willpower of a saint.
Japanese cartoons
(n.) a really big fat rock that floats around in space, but is stuck orbiting around another bigger and fatter rock.
(also: planet)
(also: planet)
(n.) that wire chicken you sometimes see perched on top of buildings, pointing in the direction of the wind.
also called a weathercock. under no circumstances should you compress both of these words together to create a vaneycock.
also called a weathercock. under no circumstances should you compress both of these words together to create a vaneycock.
(100 BC – 44 BC) Roman ruler who oversaw the demise of the Roman Republic to be replaced with a Roman Emperor. Militarily strengthened the power of Rome.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: julius caesar quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: julius caesar quotes)
n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he "lost his election"; and of that eminent man, the poet Gilder, that he has "lost his mind." It is in the former and more legitimate sense, that the word is used in the famous epitaph:
Here Huntington's ashes long have lain
Whose loss is our own eternal gain,
For while he exercised all his powers
Whatever he gained, the loss was ours.
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Here Huntington's ashes long have lain
Whose loss is our own eternal gain,
For while he exercised all his powers
Whatever he gained, the loss was ours.
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A particular type of disappointment. By the kind of intelligence that sees in an exception a proof of the rule the wisdom of an act is judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the wisdom of an act is to be judged by the light that the doer had when he performed it.
someone who defends something and thus supports it and is thus biased and is thus unfit to defend it
Targeted removal of a person from the gene pool
Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty and excellence of this incomparable adjective is unhappily denied to him who has the misfortune to know that the gentleman's name is pronounced Ke-ho-tay.
When ignorance from out our lives can banish
Philology, 'tis folly to know Spanish.
—Juan Smith
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When ignorance from out our lives can banish
Philology, 'tis folly to know Spanish.
—Juan Smith
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
family is some blood-related -most of the time- humans believing that their love is unconditional
(also: bypasses)
scale used to measure how impressed you should be when I eat a pepper
(n.) a really big fat rock that floats around in space.
a sport which tests the extent of one's whacking ability: winning a round of golf will often require one to produce whacks of great intensity, but also gentler and more controlled whacks, and a canny player will certainly need to know the comparative advantages of different shafts and heads.
the aim is to produce only the minimum amount of whacks necessary in order to fill a hole.
the game is popular in scotland (anyone surprised?)
now pardon me while I use the ball washer.
the aim is to produce only the minimum amount of whacks necessary in order to fill a hole.
the game is popular in scotland (anyone surprised?)
now pardon me while I use the ball washer.
The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
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(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(n.) the circuitous and sometimes unethical act of using one sum of money to buy a larger sum of money
sign-up or face the consequences!
“"observers" must obey the call.”
join