It was a bold person that first ate an oyster.
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So geographers, in Afric Marriages, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er unhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns.Jonathan Swift
Don't set your wit against a child.
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It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.
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Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading.
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I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child, well nursed, is at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout.
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I always like to begin a journey on Sundays, because I shall have the prayers of the Church to preserve all that travel by land or by water.
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