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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

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
For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate requires an expense of time and forms, therefore men of much haste and little ceremony are content to get in by the back-door.
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Content Greatness Learning Man Palace Time
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
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.
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Compare Equality Man Myself Reflection
Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
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Alone Company Deep People Wisdom
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
The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
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Fly Kind Man Thinking
A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.
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Madness Place Price Sold
We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
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Enough Hate Love Oneself Religion
Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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Coward Cruelty People
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
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
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Break Insect Law Small
Every dog must have his day.
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Day Dog One Liner
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
Perverseness is your whole defence.
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One Liner Perseverance Protection
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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Corruption Politics Understand Word

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