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There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

Jonathan Swift

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.
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Accident Believe Fall Philosophy Universe
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
We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking.
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Age Discover Reading Thinking Tired
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
It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.
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Insect Life Live Misery
No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
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Better Man Money
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
If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste.
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Advice Fall Food Taste Yourself
There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
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Man Talk Wild
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
Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
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Age Desire Life Old Oneself
Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.
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Gold Man Strength Weakness
I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Company Goodness Love Myself Worst
War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
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Game Love Mad Play War
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
There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.
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Blind Eyes See

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

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