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Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own.

Jonathan Swift

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Coward Heaven Rich Value
It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.
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Care Decision Kind Law Legal Man Reason Record
No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
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Better Man Money
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
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Greatness Man Morning Success Worth
Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.
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Day Death Inspirational Live Yourself
Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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Learning Wind Word
When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.
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Alive Book Myself Reading Talk
No wise man ever wished to be younger.
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Man One Liner Wisdom Young
I’m as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.
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Age Myself Old
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
It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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Human Nature Oneself Talent
Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
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Break Food Promise
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
Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.
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Drink Dumb Man Talk
Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.
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Art Invisible See Vision
One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Ability Enemy Friendship Goodness Hurt Oneself

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