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Twice, adv. Once too often.

— Ambrose Bierce

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  1. Success, n. The one unpardonable sin against one's fellows.
  2. Un-American, adj. Wicked, intolerable, heathenish.
  3. Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
  4. Virtues, n. pl. Certain abstentions.
  5. Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are ba…
  6. Vote, v. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
  7. Sabbath, n. A weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.
  8. White, adj. and n. Black.

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  • habits
  • limits
  • moderation
  • repetition

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