There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.
JONATHAN SWIFTEveryone desires long life, not one old age.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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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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There is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.
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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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Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
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Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
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And surely one of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.
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Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.
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Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.
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Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
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Perverseness is your whole defence.
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Every dog must have his day.
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Many a truth is told in jest.
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He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
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If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste.
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