OBLIVION, N. The State Or Condition In Which The Wicked Cease From Struggling And The Dreary Are At Rest.

OBLIVION, N. The State Or Condition In Which The Wicked Cease From Struggling And The Dreary Are At Rest.

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OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from
struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground.
Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet
their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory
without an alarm clock.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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Heaven, n.: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound your own.
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TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose.
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PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language.
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MAYONNAISE, n. One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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RAPACITY, n. Providence without industry. The thrift of power.
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ARDOR, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
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BASTINADO, n. The act of walking on wood without exertion.
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