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Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

Jonathan Swift

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Cut Desire Need Ourselves Shoes System
When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Alive Book Myself Reading Talk
Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Break Food Promise
Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Drink Dumb Man Talk
Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
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Desire Live Man Old Philosophy
It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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Human Nature Oneself Talent
Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Argument Conversation One Liner Worst
Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.
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Art Invisible See Vision
War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Game Love Mad Play War
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Appearance Genius Himself True
Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Death Judgement Life Reason Religion
The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
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Best Bird Injury People Worth
Religion seems to have grown an infant with age, and requires miracles to nurse it, as it had in its infancy.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Age Growth Miracle Religion
There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Man Talk Wild
Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
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Alone Company Deep People Wisdom
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
JONATHAN SWIFT

Break Insect Law Small

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