Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
JONATHAN SWIFTLaws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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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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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
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He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
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We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
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Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
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Perverseness is your whole defence.
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You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.
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When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
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You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.
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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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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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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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There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
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Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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