I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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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You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.
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It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
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Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
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He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
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Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.
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An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
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There is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.
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Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
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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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Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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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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