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" My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool. "
Jonathan Swift
Knew
Wine
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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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" Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly. "
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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 wise man ever wished to be younger. "
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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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" Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. "
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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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Heaven
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" Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably good understanding. "
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You
World
" I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. "
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Ashamed
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" What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly. "
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Ignorant
Heaven
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Words
True
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Blessed
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Heart
Money
Head
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Age
Live
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Most
Men
Fighting
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Done
Justice
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