No wise man ever wished to be younger.
JONATHAN SWIFTThere is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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May you live all the days of your life.
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Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired
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There is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.
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There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
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I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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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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It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.
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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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Every dog must have his day.
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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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An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
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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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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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No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
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