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I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.

Jonathan Swift

Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Fake Philosophy Truth
It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
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Hard Man Praise Vice Virtue
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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Consistency One Liner World
Perverseness is your whole defence.
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One Liner Perseverance Protection
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.
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Affect Betrayal Fake Man Truth
You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.
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Fate Person Reason Yourself
The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and a scarcity of words; for whosoever is a master of language, and hath a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both.
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Choice Hesitation Language Man Mindset Talk Vocabulary Woman Word
Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.
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Bad Flattery Flirty Greatness Offend Praise Yourself
Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
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Desire Live Man Old Philosophy
Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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Coward Cruelty People
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
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Best Doctor Happiness Quiet
No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.
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Age Experience Information Life Man Skills
If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them.
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Belief Reason Yourself
Many a truth is told in jest.
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Comedy Joke One Liner Talk Truth
We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
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Enough Hate Love Oneself Religion
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
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Hard Need Rich

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