There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.
JONATHAN SWIFTWhen I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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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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Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending. May you live all the days of your life.
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It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
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Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
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It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
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Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.
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We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
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Every dog must have his day.
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There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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There is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.
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It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for it.
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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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