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That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

Jonathan Swift

Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
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Argument Conversation One Liner Worst
There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.
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Blind Eyes See
Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
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Alone Company Deep People Wisdom
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
An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
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Goodness Reason Yourself
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
We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
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Enough Hate Love Oneself Religion
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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Consistency One Liner World
No wise man ever wished to be younger.
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Man One Liner Wisdom Young
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
I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Company Goodness Love Myself Worst
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
Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
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Fast One Liner Slow Talk Thinking
It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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Human Nature Oneself Talent
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
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
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Government Meaning Politics Reason Slavery

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

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That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

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