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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
Every dog must have his day.
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Day Dog One Liner
It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
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Himself Man Reason
Perverseness is your whole defence.
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One Liner Perseverance Protection
Don’t set your wit against a child.
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Children One Liner
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
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Government Meaning Politics Reason Slavery
I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Company Goodness Love Myself Worst
Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
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Despair Hate Myself Proud
It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for it.
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Believe Occasion Time Work
Vision is seeing the invisible.
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Invisible One Liner Vision
There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
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Man Talk Wild
No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.
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Age Experience Information Life Man Skills
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
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
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Blessing Exception Innocence Power Protection

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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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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