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It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.

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
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
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Break Insect Law Small
You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.
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Growth Shame Wisdom Wrong Yourself
Many a truth is told in jest.
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Comedy Joke One Liner Talk Truth
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.
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Block Easy Greatness Himself Man Walk
War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
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Game Love Mad Play War
It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
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Hard Man Praise Vice Virtue
There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.
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Clothes Funny Head Money Myself Poor Time
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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Corruption Politics Understand Word
It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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Human Nature Oneself Talent
The various opinions of philosophers have scattered through the world as many plagues of the mind as Pandora’s box did those of the body; only with this difference, that they have not left hope at the bottom.
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Body Difference Hope Opinion Philosophy
It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.
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Break End Person Time
Perverseness is your whole defence.
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One Liner Perseverance Protection
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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Ideas Man One Liner
Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
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Break Food Promise
Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
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Fast One Liner Slow Talk Thinking

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