Book - Learning : The dunce's derisive term for all knowledge that transcends his own impertinent ignorance.

NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.

Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground.

The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.

Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.