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Good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.



QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.



The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.



Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.



WEATHER,†The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons†whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up of official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle



WINE and Fermented grape-juice known to the Womens Christian Union as liquor, sometimes as rum. Wine, madam, is Gods next best gift to man.



PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by pressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.



A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.



Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.



Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder.



RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.



All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.



MORAL, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.



FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.



Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure.







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