The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in "dialect" and humor in slang.
We know by one's reading
His learning and breeding;
By what draws his laughter
We know his Hereafter.
Read nothing, laugh never —
The Sphinx was less clever!
—Jupiter Muke
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A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it may be solemnly explained that the comestible known as toad-in-a-hole is really not a toad, and that riz-de-veau à la financière is not the smile of a calf prepared after the recipe of a she banker.
(also: humor)
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(also: humor)
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(1042 – 29 July 1099) Influential Pope who ordered the first Crusade to the Holy Land and set up the Papal Court
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: pope urban ii quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: pope urban ii quotes)
A dead sinner revised and edited.
The Duchess of Orleans relates that the irreverent old calumniator, Marshal Villeroi, who in his youth had known St. Francis de Sales, said, on hearing him called saint: "I am delighted to hear that Monsieur de Sales is a saint. He was fond of saying indelicate things, and used to cheat at cards. In other respects he was a perfect gentleman, though a fool."
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The Duchess of Orleans relates that the irreverent old calumniator, Marshal Villeroi, who in his youth had known St. Francis de Sales, said, on hearing him called saint: "I am delighted to hear that Monsieur de Sales is a saint. He was fond of saying indelicate things, and used to cheat at cards. In other respects he was a perfect gentleman, though a fool."
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(n.) a middle tier tyrant, above school principals but below agents of the government; roughly on the same level as a landlord but ruling at a place of work rather than domestic environment.
(n.) your opponent's argument reconstructed and polished with so much care and rigour that they thank you, even if you end up proving them wrong.
(also: good faith acts)
(also: good faith actors)
(also: rationality)
https://www.lesswrong.com/rationality
https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/07/yes-we-have-noticed-the-skulls/
(also: strawman)
(also: good faith acts)
(also: good faith actors)
(also: rationality)
https://www.lesswrong.com/rationality
https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/04/07/yes-we-have-noticed-the-skulls/
(also: strawman)
political advocacy for the rights of men that can disguise itself as a parody when threatened.
the momentary condition of the planet's atmosphere, particularly with regards to heat, cold, precipitation intensity,, earth, wind, fire, torrents of falling fish... that sort of stuff.
A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.
Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but found that it could not be done by talking. One of the most practical exponents of the Malthusian idea was Herod of Judea, though all the famous soldiers have been of the same way of thinking.
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(n.) a word noted for its groove and meaning; the residue left over after cooking good food, as punishment for enjoying yourself
A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.
(also: [enemy)
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(also: [enemy)
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The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.
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the no-longer-used name for a large part of germany (with some bits, ah, borrowed from poland)
prussia was known for not liking austria, and may as well be the origin of the german reputation for dourness and industriousness, not to mention fancy elaborate uniforms. bad things tend to happen for the rest of the world when germans decide to start reliving the good old prussian days
prussia was known for not liking austria, and may as well be the origin of the german reputation for dourness and industriousness, not to mention fancy elaborate uniforms. bad things tend to happen for the rest of the world when germans decide to start reliving the good old prussian days
(n.) what some wise-ass came up with when he was asked to design a horseless carriage.
To proceed sinuously and aimlessly. The word is the ancient name of a river about one hundred and fifty miles south of Troy, which turned and twisted in the effort to get out of hearing when the Greeks and Trojans boasted of their prowess.
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(n.) the fat of a pig
has very little to do with canadian bacon or british bacon
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