The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
JONATHAN SWIFTHow is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.
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War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
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Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
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If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them.
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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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He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
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Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
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Don’t set your wit against a child.
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Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.
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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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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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Many a truth is told in jest.
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