There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.
JONATHAN SWIFTWe are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
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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.
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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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I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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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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Don’t set your wit against a child.
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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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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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I’m as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.
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An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
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Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
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Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
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No wise man ever wished to be younger.
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