'Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit. Will condescend to take a bit.
Gulliver's Travels
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Controversial"I am not fond of giving advice, but when I do, I expect it to be taken."
Humorous"Of all the dispositions of the mind, envy is the most diabolical, and the most productive of misery."
Humorous"Promises and pie-crusts are made to be broken."
Humorous"Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired."
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