It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
JONATHAN SWIFTFor in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
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It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
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We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
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If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them.
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The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it.
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Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.
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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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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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The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
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Many a truth is told in jest.
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The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
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