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Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired

Jonathan Swift

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

Age Myself Old
Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Coward Cruelty People
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Corruption Politics Understand Word
Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired
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Correction Himself Man Opinion Reason Sick
Books, the children of the brain.
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Book Children Head One Liner
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
Every dog must have his day.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Day Dog One Liner
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
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.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Advice Fall Food Taste Yourself
War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Game Love Mad Play War
Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Mad Money Party
He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Bold Eat Food Man
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.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Compare Equality Man Myself Reflection
Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Death Judgement Life Reason Religion
You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Growth Shame Wisdom Wrong Yourself
No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Age Experience Information Life Man Skills

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