Small causes are sufficient to make a man uneasy, when great ones are not in the way: for want of a block he will stumble at a straw.
JONATHAN SWIFTNothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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I’m as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.
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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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We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking.
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Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death.
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I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
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Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.
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Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
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Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
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Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired
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Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
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There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.
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Every dog must have his day.
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