It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for it.
JONATHAN SWIFTWar: that mad game the world so loves to play.
More Jonathan Swift Quotes
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May you live all the days of your life.
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Every dog must have his day.
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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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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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It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
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We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
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Perverseness is your whole defence.
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There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.
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Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
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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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I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.
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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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Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.
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