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You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.

Jonathan Swift

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
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Bold Eat Food Man
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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Corruption Politics Understand Word
There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.
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Blind Eyes See
I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Company Goodness Love Myself Worst
Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
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Easy Light Reason Ride
No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
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Better Man Money
Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
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Age Desire Life Old Oneself
Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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Learning Wind Word
It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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Human Nature Oneself Talent
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
The various opinions of philosophers have scattered through the world as many plagues of the mind as Pandora’s box did those of the body; only with this difference, that they have not left hope at the bottom.
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Body Difference Hope Opinion Philosophy
A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.
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Madness Place Price Sold
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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Blessing Exception Innocence Power Protection
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
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
The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
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Fly Kind Man Thinking

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