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sacerdotal preeminence [sacerdotal = priestly]

sacred tenderness


sacrilegious violence


sacrosanct fetish


sadly disconcerted


sagacious mind [sagacious = keen discernment, sound judgment]


sage reflections


saintly serenity


salient feature


salutary amusement


sanctimonious hypocrite [sanctimonious = feigning piety]


sane observer


sanguinary measures [sanguinary = eager for bloodshed; bloodthirsty]


sanguine expectations [sanguine = cheerfully confident; optimistic]


sarcastic incredulity


sardonic taciturnity [sardonic = cynically mocking] [taciturnity =
habitually untalkative]


satirical critic


satisfying equipoise [equipoise = equilibrium]


savage satirist


scalding jests


scandalous falsehood


scant recognition


scathing satire


scattered distractions


scholarly attainments


scientific curiosity


scintillating wit


scoffing defiance


scorching criticism


scornful negligence


scriptural exegesis [exegesis = Critical explanation or analysis]


scrubby foreland


scrupulous fidelity

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One quality may be the contrary of another; thus justice is the contrary of injustice, whiteness of blackness, and so on.
Aristotle
(384 BC-322 BC)
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