A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
JONATHAN SWIFTEveryone desires long life, not one old age.
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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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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A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.
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Every dog must have his day.
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It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind.
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If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
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Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
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There is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.
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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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Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
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I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Perverseness is your whole defence.
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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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Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
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