No wise man ever wished to be younger.
JONATHAN SWIFTThere is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.
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Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
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Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.
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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
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I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
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The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it.
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Religion seems to have grown an infant with age, and requires miracles to nurse it, as it had in its infancy.
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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.
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No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
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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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We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
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May you live all the days of your life.
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