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

Jonathan Swift

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
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Hard Man Praise Vice Virtue
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Man Myself See Shame Wickedness Wonder
Books, the children of the brain.
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Book Children Head One Liner
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
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
War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
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Game Love Mad Play War
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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Head Heart Man Wisdom
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Appearance Discover Face
Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
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Argument Conversation One Liner 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.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Compare Equality Man Myself Reflection
Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Age Desire Life Old Oneself
Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending. May you live all the days of your life.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Happy Life Live Opportunity Talk Yourself
Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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Mad Money Party
One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Ability Enemy Friendship Goodness Hurt Oneself
We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Age Discover Reading Thinking Tired
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

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