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Punning is an art of harmoniou...

Punning is an art of harmonious jingling upon words, which, passing in at the ears, excites a titillary motion in those parts; and this, being conveyed by the animal spirits into the muscles of the face, raises the cockles of the heart.

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There are certain common privi...

There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof, I hope, there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am not understood, it shall be concluded, that something very useful and profound is couched underneath; and again, that whatever word or sentence is printed in a different character, shall be judged to contain something extraordinary either or wit of sublime.

Jonathan Swift 579 quotes

Every day is an opportunity to...

Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending. May you live all the days of your life.

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The tucked-up sempstress walks...

The tucked-up sempstress walks with hasty strides, While streams run down her oil'd umbrella's sides.

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Hail fellow, well met....

Hail fellow, well met.

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Books, like men their authors,...

Books, like men their authors, have no more than one wayofcoming intothe world, but there areten thousand to go out of it, and return no more.

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It is with wits as with razors...

It is with wits as with razors, which are never so apt to cut those they are employed on as when they have lost their edge.

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A forward critic often dupes u...

A forward critic often dupes us With sham quotations peri hupsos, And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us. Then, lest with Greek he over-run ye, Procure the book for love or money, Translated from Boileau's translation, And quote quotation on quotation.

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Reason is a very light rider, ...

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.

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Although the devil be the fath...

Although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.

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A jargon form'd from the lost ...

A jargon form'd from the lost language, wit, Confounded in that Babel of the pit; Form'd by diseased conceptions, weak and wild, Sick lust of souls, and an abortive child; Born between whores and fops, by lewd compacts, Before the play, or else between the acts; Nor wonder, if from such polluted minds Should spring such short and transitory kinds.

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Tis nothing when you are used ...

Tis nothing when you are used to it.

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Conversation is but carving! G...

Conversation is but carving! Give no more to every guest Than he's able to digest.

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I am of the level with common ...

I am of the level with common Astrologers; who, with an old paltry cant, and a few pot-hooks for planets to amuse the vulgar, have too long been suffered to abuse the world.

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I would rather be a freeman am...

I would rather be a freeman among slaves than a slave among freemen.

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By the laws of God, of nature,...

By the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your country you are and ought to be as free a people as your brethren in England.

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Liberty of conscience is nowad...

Liberty of conscience is nowadays only understood to be the liberty of believing what men please, but also of endeavoring to propagate that belief as much as they can.

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Pray steal me not, I'm Mrs. Di...

Pray steal me not, I'm Mrs. Dingley's, Whose heart in this four-footed thing lies.

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A ridiculous passion which hat...

A ridiculous passion which hath no being but in play-books and romances.

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For to enter the palace of lea...

For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate requires an expense of time and forms, therefore men of much haste and little ceremony are content to get in by the back-door

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....