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If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them.

Jonathan Swift

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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Accident Believe Fall Philosophy Universe
There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.
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Mistake Person Responsibility
The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it.
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Best Coffee Easy Life Yourself
Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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Coward Cruelty People
An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
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Goodness Reason Yourself
I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Company Goodness Love Myself Worst
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
Don’t set your wit against a child.
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Children One Liner
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
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Cut Desire Need Ourselves Shoes System
Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.
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Art Invisible See Vision
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
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Greatness Man Morning Success Worth
It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind.
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Design Evil Impossible Kind Man Natural Necessary
Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
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Break Food Promise
If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste.
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Advice Fall Food Taste 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
Many a truth is told in jest.
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Comedy Joke One Liner Talk Truth

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