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.
JONATHAN SWIFTIf Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.
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There is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.
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Don’t set your wit against a child.
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May you live all the days of your life.
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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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You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.
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Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
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Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
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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.
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It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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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.
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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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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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An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
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Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.
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