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Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

Jonathan Swift

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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Head Heart Man Wisdom
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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Ideas Man One Liner
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own.
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Appearance Discover Face
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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Consistency One Liner World
Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.
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Art Easy Goodness People Room
One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
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Ability Enemy Friendship Goodness Hurt Oneself
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
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
It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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Human Nature Oneself Talent
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
Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
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Alone Company Deep People Wisdom
Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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Coward Cruelty People
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
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Greatness Man Morning Success Worth
Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
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Age Desire Life Old Oneself
I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Company Goodness Love Myself Worst

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