Absurdity: a statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
Acquaintance: a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
Admiration: our polite recognition of another man's resemblance to ourselves.
Consult: to seek another's approval of a course already decided on.
Cynic: a blackguard who sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be.
History: an account mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves and soldiers mostly fools.
Politeness: the most acceptable form of hypocrisy.
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