There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.
JONATHAN SWIFTPhysicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
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Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired
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Perverseness is your whole defence.
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Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
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The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it.
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No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
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Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
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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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Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
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We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
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Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.
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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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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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