There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
JONATHAN SWIFTWhen a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
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Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired
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Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
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No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
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The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
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Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.
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One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
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I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.
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We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
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Every dog must have his day.
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