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No wise man ever wished to be younger.

Jonathan Swift

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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Man Myself See Shame Wickedness Wonder
Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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Mad Money Party
No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
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Better Man Money
Perverseness is your whole defence.
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One Liner Perseverance Protection
An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
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Goodness Reason Yourself
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
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Break Insect Law Small
No wise man ever wished to be younger.
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Man One Liner Wisdom Young
A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.
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Madness Place Price Sold
It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.
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Care Decision Kind Law Legal Man Reason Record
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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Blessing Exception Innocence Power Protection
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
There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
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Man Talk Wild
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
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Best Doctor Happiness Quiet
There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.
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Clothes Funny Head Money Myself Poor Time
If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them.
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Belief Reason Yourself
Religion seems to have grown an infant with age, and requires miracles to nurse it, as it had in its infancy.
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Age Growth Miracle Religion

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