Small 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.
JONATHAN SWIFTPositiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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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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One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
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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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Every dog must have his day.
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It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind.
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The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
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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.
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Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending. May you live all the days of your life.
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I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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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.
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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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Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
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No wise man ever wished to be younger.
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