Poverty, n. A file provided for the teeth of the rats of reform. The number of plans for its abolition equals that of the reformers who suffer from it, plus that of the philosophers who know nothing about it. Its victims are distinguished by possession of all the virtues and by their faith in leaders seeking to conduct them into a prosperity where they believe these to be unknown.
2005 Update: The product of a rich imagination
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Poverty, n. A form of Zen in which the practitioner is unaware of the practice.
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Poverty, n. (vulgar) A glass half empty for those who are parched; a glass half full for those who do the dishes. See also: desire.
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Sorry for the ignorant comment. I understand now that the "2005 update" is a current update to the Devil's dictionary, not like what webster says.
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Good one, Doug. My take: an absence of which no heart is fond.
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