You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.
JONATHAN SWIFTIf 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.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.
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Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
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No wise man ever wished to be younger.
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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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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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An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
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Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.
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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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Every dog must have his day.
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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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There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
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Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
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It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.
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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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