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Expert: A man who is seldom in doubt, but often in error.

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Opportunist: One who goes ahead and does what you always planned to do. 

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Quagmire: Any situation more easily entered into than exited from; e.g., a guerrilla war, a bad marriage or a conversation with an insurance salesman.

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Ambassador: An honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.

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Insurance: A form of gambling in which we bet our chance of escaping disaster, and win only when we lose.

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Brain: The apparatus with which we think we think.

Body Definitions

Parents: The one thing children wear out faster than shoes.

Definitions Family Parents

Omen: A sign that something will happen if nothing happens.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Language

Cynic: A man who sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Language

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other.

(1870-1943) German-American politician, socialist & writer
Definitions Government Politics

Engagement: A period in which a girl is placed in solitaire confinement.

Definitions Marriage

Shallowness: The root cause of chronic good health, high school popularity, appearance on the fiction bestseller lists, and gainful employment on local tv news broadcasts.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter
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Announce: Thirty grams or a sixteenth of a pound.

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Heredity: What a man believes in until his son begins to behave like a delinquent.

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Etiquette: Learning to yawn with your mouth closed.

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White Lie: Aversion of the truth.

Beliefs Definitions Honesty Lies Truth

Impotent: Willy-nilly.

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Tolerance: That uncomfortable feeling that the other fellow might be right after all.

Beliefs Characteristics Definitions

Umbrella: A movable roof.

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Debts: The certain outcome of an uncertain income.

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Silence: True wisdom’s best reply.

Definitions Wisdom