Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.
JONATHAN SWIFTAlthough 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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When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
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There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.
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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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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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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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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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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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Small causes are sufficient to make a man uneasy, when great ones are not in the way: for want of a block he will stumble at a straw.
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Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending. May you live all the days of your life.
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There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.
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Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
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One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
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Every dog must have his day.
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Many a truth is told in jest.
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No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
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