When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.
JONATHAN SWIFTWise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
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There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.
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Every dog must have his day.
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Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
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If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste.
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You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.
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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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Don’t set your wit against a child.
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It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
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Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
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Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
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An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
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Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
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Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.
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