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I’m as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.

Jonathan Swift

An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
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Goodness Reason Yourself
The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
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Fly Kind Man Thinking
It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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Human Nature Oneself Talent
Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.
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Hungry Nation Poor Pride Proud
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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Blessing Exception Innocence Power Protection
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 often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for it.
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Believe Occasion Time Work
Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Fake Philosophy Truth
Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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Learning Wind Word
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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Consistency One Liner World
Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
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Desire Live Man Old Philosophy
He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
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Bold Eat Food Man
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
The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and a scarcity of words; for whosoever is a master of language, and hath a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both.
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Choice Hesitation Language Man Mindset Talk Vocabulary Woman Word
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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Head Heart Man Wisdom
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
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Break Insect Law Small

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