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Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
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Age
Experience
Errors
Light
Youth
Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.
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Experience
Wisdom
Acquaintance
Folly
Old
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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Power
Wealth
Consideration
Praise
Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
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Truth
Danger
Denial
Doubt
Investigation
May
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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Education
Understanding
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
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Art
Eloquence
Fools
Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.
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Egotism
Pen
Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.
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Hypocrisy
Politeness
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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Religion
State
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
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Art
Painting
Weather
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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Leading
Nothing
Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
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Success
Perseverance
Virtue
Mediocrity
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Patriotism
Name
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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Virtue
Patience
Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.
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Art
Sun