“Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.”
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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.