You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute.

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute.

GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside.

VITUPERATION, n. Saite, as understood by dunces and all such as suffer from an impediment in their wit.

A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable, as beating a normal hand of four kings and an ace with four aces and a king.

CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, author of 'Cogito ergo sum' to demonstrate the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved 'Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum' 'I think that I think, therefore I think that I am' as close an approach.