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" Every dog must have his day. "
Jonathan Swift
Day
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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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" Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath. "
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" 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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" Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly. "
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" Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. "
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" The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. "
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" A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour. "
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" There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency. "
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World
Nothing
" A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart. "
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" He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. "
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" Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old. "
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" Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. "
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Like
Life
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" Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. "
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Eminent
Tax
" Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride. "
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Age
Youth
" No wise man ever wished to be younger. "
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Man
Younger
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" Don't set your wit against a child. "
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Against
Child
" Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. "
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Like
Break
Laws
" Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind. "
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Nothing
Words
Wind
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