Vision is seeing the invisible.
JONATHAN SWIFTThe common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and a scarcity of words; for whosoever is a master of language, and hath a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.
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I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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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.
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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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Although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.
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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.
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Every dog must have his day.
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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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You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.
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I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
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Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.
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He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
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