It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
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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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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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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It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.
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Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired
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Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
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No wise man ever wished to be younger.
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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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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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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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It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.
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Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.
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There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
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