There is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.
JONATHAN SWIFTWhen a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.
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How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning.
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It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
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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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Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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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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Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
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Every dog must have his day.
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Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
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Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
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Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.
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There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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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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Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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