A CYNIC’S DEFINITION.
Bore —A person who talks more than you do. Cynic.—A person with the disagreeable habit of seeing and telling the truth. Diplomat.—A person who Is very popular because he praises the person he is with and condemns that person’s enemy. Embezzler.—A person who steals enough money to get away. Fool.—A person who will not take your advice. Genius. —A person great enough to be himself. Idiot. —A person who tells you the truth about yourself. Kleptomaniac.—A thief whose relatives are rich enough to Ifeep him out of gaol. Lawyer.—A person who the law even worse than It Is. Optimist.—r-A person who beTieves the world is growing better, because he knows it can’t get any worse. Politician.—A wise man turned fool, an honest man turned dishonest; or a knave turning the pockets of the other two. Quibbler.—A very disagreeable person who picks flaws in your arguments When a very pompous farmer was made a justice of the peace, the village was too small to contain him. As he swaggex’ed along the road be walked into the barrow of an old woman. “Be careful where you’re going, man!” she cried. “Woman,” replied the angry farmer, ‘I am no longer a man; I'm a magistrate." ‘Did my medicine do any good?” A wonderful remedy, doctor. I took three spoonfuls and my cough went, I rubbed three spoonfuls Into my knee for and the rast we used to clean the silver.”
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Cromwell Argus, Volume LXII, Issue 3239, 21 November 1932, Page 2
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240A CYNIC’S DEFINITION. Cromwell Argus, Volume LXII, Issue 3239, 21 November 1932, Page 2
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