No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
JONATHAN SWIFTWe have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
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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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Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending. May you live all the days of your life.
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There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
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I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
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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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Books, the children of the brain.
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You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.
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Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
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Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
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Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.
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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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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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