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Jonathan Swift Quotes: To acknowledge you were wrong yesterday is simply to let the world know that you are wiser today than you were then.
         

To acknowledge you were wrong yesterday is simply to let the world know that you are wiser today than you were then.


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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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Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.



When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.



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You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday



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The sight of you is good for sore eyes.



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