INCOME, n. The natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability, the commonly accepted standards being artificial, arbitrary and fallacious...
INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.
INCUMBENT, n. A person of the liveliest interest to the outcumbents.
INDECISION, n. The chief element of success...
INDIGESTION, n. A disease which the patient and his friends frequently mistake for deep religious conviction and concern for the salvation of mankind.
INFANCY, n. The period of our lives when, according to Wordsworth, "Heaven lies about us." The world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
INFIDEL, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.
Ambrose Bierce
Since I'm up, might as well fix breakfast and get to school early. Give me a chance to settle in before my first student conference. These conferences work out well but they are long, draining days. Do two a term, one at the beginning, one at the end.
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