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I’m as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.

Jonathan Swift

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.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Compare Equality Man Myself Reflection
It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for it.
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Believe Occasion Time Work
Many a truth is told in jest.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Comedy Joke One Liner Talk Truth
Although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Devil Father Greatness Himself Improvement Invention Lost Reputation
Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Hungry Nation Poor Pride Proud
Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Death Judgement Life Reason Religion
Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Despair Hate Myself Proud
I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Company Goodness Love Myself Worst
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Greatness Man Morning Success Worth
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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Ideas Man One Liner
Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Bad Flattery Flirty Greatness Offend Praise Yourself
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
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Break Insect Law Small
There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.
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Blind Eyes See
Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Affect Betrayal Fake Man Truth
Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.
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Art Invisible See Vision
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 SWIFT

Gold Man Strength Weakness

I’m as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.

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