A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
JONATHAN SWIFTMay you live all the days of your life.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
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Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
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This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.
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I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
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One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
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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.
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Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.
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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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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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The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
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When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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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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Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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