Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect.
JONATHAN SWIFTThere is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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Many a truth is told in jest.
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I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.
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I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
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Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
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How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning.
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May you live all the days of your life.
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If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them.
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There is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.
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Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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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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