Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
JONATHAN SWIFTSmall 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.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
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There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
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There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
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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.
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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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One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
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Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
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There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.
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Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.
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