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No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.

Jonathan Swift

When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.
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Alive Book Myself Reading Talk
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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Consistency One Liner World
It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.
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Insect Life Live Misery
There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.
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Blind Eyes See
Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
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Age Desire Life Old Oneself
It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for it.
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Believe Occasion Time Work
Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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Mad Money Party
This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.
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Compare Equality Man Myself Reflection
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
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Hard Need Rich
Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death.
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Death Judgement Life Reason Religion
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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Blessing Exception Innocence Power Protection
We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
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Element Friendship Love Praise Sick Togetherness
I’m as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.
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Age Myself Old
We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
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Enough Hate Love Oneself Religion
When 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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Appearance Genius Himself True
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
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Greatness Man Morning Success Worth

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