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The Devil’s Dictionary

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The Devil’s Dictionary

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Air
n. A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor.
Faith
n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
Rational
adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
Boundary
n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other.
Humanity
n. The human race, collectively, exclusive of the anthropoid poets.
Court Fool
n. The plaintiff.
Conversation
n. A fair to the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe those of his neighbor.
Phrenology
n. The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with.
Destiny
n. A tyrant’s authority for crime and fool’s excuse for failure.
Impiety
n. Your irreverence toward my deity.