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Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift The various opinions of philosophers have scattered through the world as many plagues of the mind as Pandora’s box did those of the body; only with this difference, that they have not left hope at the bottom.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and a scarcity of words; for whosoever is a master of language, and hath a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift There is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift Don’t set your wit against a child.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift Many a truth is told in jest.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate requires an expense of time and forms, therefore men of much haste and little ceremony are content to get in by the back-door.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift Perverseness is your whole defence.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift
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