premise: There follows a desexing section on maxims ( for He who laughs last laughs best read The last laugh is the best : not only does it not say the same thing but the second is totally lacking in the rhetorical devices packed into the first ) , and a two-page bibliography , reference notes to chapters , and an index .
hypothesis: The desexed maxim portion and the sections thta follow are preceded by numerous sections regarding aphorisms and maxims .