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War: that mad game the world so loves to play.

Jonathan Swift

If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Belief Reason Yourself
It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.
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Break End Person Time
Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
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Appearance Goodness Himself Positive Quality Talk
Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
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Fast One Liner Slow Talk Thinking
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
Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
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Argument Conversation One Liner Worst
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
This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.
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Compare Equality Man Myself Reflection
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
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Government Meaning Politics Reason Slavery
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
War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Game Love Mad Play War
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.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Advice Fall Food Taste Yourself
We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Element Friendship Love Praise Sick Togetherness
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Cut Desire Need Ourselves Shoes System
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
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Break Insect Law Small
An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Goodness Reason Yourself

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