Jonathan Swift Quotes on Wisdom
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Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old.
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Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.
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The latter part of a wise man's life is taken up in curing the follies, prejudices, and false opinions he had contracted in the former.
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Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age:
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No wise man ever wished to be younger.
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The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.'
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A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.