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Books, the children of the brain.

Jonathan Swift

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.
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Gold Man Strength Weakness
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
War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
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Game Love Mad Play War
Vision is seeing the invisible.
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Invisible One Liner Vision
Although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.
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Devil Father Greatness Himself Improvement Invention Lost Reputation
Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
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Despair Hate Myself Proud
I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Company Goodness Love Myself Worst
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own.
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Appearance Discover Face
Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
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Break Food Promise
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
Many a truth is told in jest.
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Comedy Joke One Liner Talk Truth
It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.
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Break End Person Time
Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
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Easy Light Reason Ride
A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.
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Madness Place Price Sold
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.
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Age Discover Reading Thinking Tired
No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
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Better Man Money

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