Many a truth is told in jest.
JONATHAN SWIFTPositiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them.
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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
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Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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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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A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.
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Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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No wise man ever wished to be younger.
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Perverseness is your whole defence.
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The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
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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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