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To the eye of failure success is an accident.
FUTURE, n. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
The Cynic's Word Book (1906)
MAGNIFICENT, adj. Having a grandeur or splendor superior to that to which the spectator is accustomed, as the ears of an ass, to a rabbit, or the glory of a glowworm, to a maggot.
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Success, n. The one unpardonable sin against one's fellows.
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)