I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
JONATHAN SWIFT
Books, the children of the brain.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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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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There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
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Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.
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The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
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I’m as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.
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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
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It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
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We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
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It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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Don’t set your wit against a child.
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Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.
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It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.
JONATHAN SWIFT