Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
JONATHAN SWIFTAnd surely one of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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Every dog must have his day.
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Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
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There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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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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The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
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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.
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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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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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Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
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For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate requires an expense of time and forms, therefore men of much haste and little ceremony are content to get in by the back-door.
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Many a truth is told in jest.
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It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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No wise man ever wished to be younger.
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