It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into
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Observation is an old man's memory.
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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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Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.
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A fool can ask more questions than the wisest can answer.
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