Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired
JONATHAN SWIFTA nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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Books, the children of the brain.
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No wise man ever wished to be younger.
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Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
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War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
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Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect.
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No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
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Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
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May you live all the days of your life.
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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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Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
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Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
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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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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
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