The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
JONATHAN SWIFTIf a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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Many a truth is told in jest.
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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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We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
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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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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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We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
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Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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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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How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning.
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I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.
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One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
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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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You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.
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