And 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.
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.
JONATHAN SWIFTYou cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.
JONATHAN SWIFTFalsehood 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 SWIFTThe stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
JONATHAN SWIFTParty is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
JONATHAN SWIFTReasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired
JONATHAN SWIFTIf Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
JONATHAN SWIFTThe 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.
JONATHAN SWIFTReason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
JONATHAN SWIFTIt 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.
JONATHAN SWIFTEveryone desires long life, not one old age.
JONATHAN SWIFTPerverseness is your whole defence.
JONATHAN SWIFTNo man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
JONATHAN SWIFTPoor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.
JONATHAN SWIFTPower is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
JONATHAN SWIFTThe best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it.
JONATHAN SWIFT