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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Jonathan Swift

Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired
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Correction Himself Man Opinion Reason Sick
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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Head Heart Man Wisdom
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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Gold Man Strength Weakness
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
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Cut Desire Need Ourselves Shoes System
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
He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
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Bold Eat Food Man
Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
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Break Food Promise
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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Man Myself See Shame Wickedness Wonder
Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Day Death Inspirational Live Yourself
There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
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Man Talk Wild
I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Company Goodness Love Myself Worst
Small causes are sufficient to make a man uneasy, when great ones are not in the way: for want of a block he will stumble at a straw.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Block Easy Greatness Himself Man Walk
I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.
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Black Man People Purpose Slave Society Word
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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Consistency One Liner World
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
War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
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Game Love Mad Play War

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