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I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

Jonathan Swift

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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Learning Wind Word
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
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
Every dog must have his day.
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Day Dog One Liner
No wise man ever wished to be younger.
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Man One Liner Wisdom Young
Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Fake Philosophy Truth
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
Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.
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Day Death Inspirational Live Yourself
Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
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Easy Light Reason Ride
Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
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Despair Hate Myself Proud
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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Consistency One Liner World
You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.
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Fate Person Reason Yourself
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, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.
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Mistake Person Responsibility
You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.
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Growth Shame Wisdom Wrong Yourself
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

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