A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.

Achievement; the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.

OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.

Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

I was born to poor because of honest parents.

diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

Homo Creator's testimony to the sound construction and fine finish of Deus Creatus. A popular form of abjection, having an element of pride.