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Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

Jonathan Swift

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
One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
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Ability Enemy Friendship Goodness Hurt Oneself
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
Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.
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Day Death Inspirational Live Yourself
Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
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Age Desire Life Old Oneself
Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Fake Philosophy Truth
No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
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Better Man Money
Although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.
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Devil Father Greatness Himself Improvement Invention Lost Reputation
May you live all the days of your life.
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Day Life Live Yourself
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
There is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.
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Carry Human Kind Man Vice Wild
Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
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Despair Hate Myself Proud
It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.
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Insect Life Live Misery
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
An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
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Goodness Reason Yourself
Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
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Appearance Goodness Himself Positive Quality Talk

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