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 SWIFTFor 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.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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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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How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning.
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Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own.
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Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
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It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
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Perverseness is your whole defence.
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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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I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
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Many a truth is told in jest.
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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.
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