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There is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.

Jonathan Swift

I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.
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Black Man People Purpose Slave Society Word
Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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Learning Wind Word
How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning.
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Advice Expectation Kind Man Possible Warning
There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.
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Mistake Person Responsibility
Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.
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Art Invisible See Vision
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
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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Block Easy Greatness Himself Man Walk
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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Best Bird Injury People Worth
Vision is seeing the invisible.
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Invisible One Liner Vision
I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Company Goodness Love Myself Worst
I’m as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.
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Age Myself Old
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
Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
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Break Food Promise
And surely one of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.
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Best Conversation Reason Rule
Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.
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Hungry Nation Poor Pride Proud
Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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Mad Money Party

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