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I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.

Jonathan Swift

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
You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.
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Fate Person Reason Yourself
There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.
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Mistake Person Responsibility
There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.
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Blind Eyes See
It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
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Himself Man Reason
I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.
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Black Man People Purpose Slave Society Word
Religion seems to have grown an infant with age, and requires miracles to nurse it, as it had in its infancy.
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Age Growth Miracle Religion
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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Consistency One Liner World
The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
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Best Bird Injury People Worth
No wise man ever wished to be younger.
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Man One Liner Wisdom Young
Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
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Argument Conversation One Liner Worst
If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
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Coward Heaven Rich Value
How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning.
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Advice Expectation Kind Man Possible Warning
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
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Hard Need Rich
It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.
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Insect Life Live Misery
Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
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Despair Hate Myself Proud

I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.

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I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.

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