If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
JONATHAN SWIFTPhysicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
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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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Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired
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Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
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Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.
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Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
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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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It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.
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Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
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I’m as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.
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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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Many a truth is told in jest.
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Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
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I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.
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