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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

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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Head Heart Man Wisdom
Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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Mad Money Party
Vision is seeing the invisible.
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Invisible One Liner Vision
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
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Break Insect Law Small
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
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Best Doctor Happiness Quiet
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
War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
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Game Love Mad Play War
Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
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Argument Conversation One Liner Worst
Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect.
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Affect Betrayal Fake Man Truth
Many a truth is told in jest.
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Comedy Joke One Liner Talk Truth
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
If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them.
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Belief Reason Yourself
Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
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Desire Live Man Old Philosophy
There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.
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Clothes Funny Head Money Myself Poor Time
The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
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Fly Kind Man Thinking
Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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Learning Wind Word

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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