It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
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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If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them.
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Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.
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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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We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
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Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.
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Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
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No wise man ever wished to be younger.
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Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
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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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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
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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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Books, the children of the brain.
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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.
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