Don’t set your wit against a child.
JONATHAN SWIFTHe was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.
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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
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The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
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Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
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The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
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I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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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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I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.
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A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.
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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.
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