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Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Antony and Cleopatra -- Act ii, Sc. 1...
EPICURE, n. An opponent of Epicurus, an abstemious philosopher who, holding that pleasure should be the chief aim of man, wasted no time in gratification from the senses.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Dev...
Epicurus laid down the doctrine that pleasure was the chief good.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Epicurus, vi...
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EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.
Following are some of the more notable epigrams of the learned and ingenio...
Epimenides was sent by his father into the field to look for a sheep, turned out of the road at mid-day and lay down in a certain cave and fell asleep, and slept there fifty-seven yea
and after tha...
EPISTEMOLOGY: Take a position for or against truth.
prove the validity of your position. -- Life Studies 101 (Bob Pasker <rbp@NETCOM.COM>)...
Epitaph: A belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been permanently discontinued.
-- Irvin S. Cobb...
EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.
Following is a touching example: Here lie the bones of Parson Platt, Wise, pious, hum...

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