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

Jonathan Swift

It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for it.
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Believe Occasion Time Work
Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Fake Philosophy Truth
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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Best Conversation Reason Rule
I’m as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.
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Age Myself Old
I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Company Goodness Love Myself Worst
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
Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.
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Day Death Inspirational Live Yourself
A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.
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Madness Place Price Sold
If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
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Coward Heaven Rich Value
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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Head Heart Man Wisdom
It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind.
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Design Evil Impossible Kind Man Natural Necessary
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
If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them.
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Belief Reason Yourself
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
Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
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Fast One Liner Slow Talk Thinking
Many a truth is told in jest.
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Comedy Joke One Liner Talk Truth

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