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“PRESENT, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.”

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“PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.”

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“PREVARICATOR, n. A liar in the caterpillar estate.”

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“PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.”

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“PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in his hope.”

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“PROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The testimony of two credible witnesses as opposed to that of only one.”

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“PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible.”

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“PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.”

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“PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it.”

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“PRUDE, n. A bawd hiding behind the back of her demeanor.”

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“PUBLISH, n. In literary affairs, to become the fundamental element in a cone of critics.”

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“PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.”

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“PYRRHONISM, n. An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but Pyrrhonism. Its modern professors have added that.”

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“QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.”

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“QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another -- usually about as many times as it can be got there.”

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“RANSOM, n. The purchase of that which neither belongs to the seller, nor can belong to the buyer. The most unprofitable of investments.”

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“RAPACITY, n. Providence without industry. The thrift of power.”

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“RASCAL, n. A fool considered under another aspect.”

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“RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.”

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“RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.”

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