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The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.

~Jonathan Swift

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Observation is an old man's memory.

~Jonathan Swift

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We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.

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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

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Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

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There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.

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No wise man ever wished to be younger.

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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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Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Writer

Born: November 30th, 1667

Died: October 19th, 1745

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