No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.
JONATHAN SWIFTReasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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The various opinions of philosophers have scattered through the world as many plagues of the mind as Pandora’s box did those of the body; only with this difference, that they have not left hope at the bottom.
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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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War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
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One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.
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The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
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Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
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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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Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
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The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it.
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Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
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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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