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title: "18 May Quotes By Jonathan Swift"
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> [Let a man be ne'er so wise, he may be caught with sober lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/let-a-man-be-ne-er-so-wise-he-may-be-caught-with-sober-lies/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [A stander-by may sometimes, perhaps, see more of the game than he that plays it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/a-stander-by-may-sometimes-perhaps-see-more-of-the-game-than-he-that/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/modesty-may-make-a-fool-seem-a-man-of-sense/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [It may pass for a maxim in State, that the administration cannot be placed in too few hands, nor the legislature in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/it-may-pass-for-a-maxim-in-state-that-the-administration-cannot-be/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [The tiny Lilliputians surmise that Gulliver's watch may be his god, because it is that which, he admits, he seldom does anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/the-tiny-lilliputians-surmise-that-gulliver-s-watch-may-be-his-god/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/laws-are-like-cobwebs-which-may-catch-small-flies-but-let-wasps-and/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending. May you live all the days of your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/every-day-is-an-opportunity-to-make-a-new-happy-ending-may-you-live/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [Careful observers may foretell the hour (By sure prognostics) when to dread a show'r. While rain depends, the pensive cat gives o'er…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/careful-observers-may-foretell-the-hour-by-sure-prognostics-when-to/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/a-footman-may-swear-but-he-cannot-swear-like-a-lord-he-can-swear-as/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/it-is-a-maxim-among-these-lawyers-that-whatever-hath-been-done-before/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [In all assemblies, though you wedge them ever so close, we may observe this peculiar property, that over their heads there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/in-all-assemblies-though-you-wedge-them-ever-so-close-we-may-observe/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [Lose no time to contradict her, Nor endeavor to convict her; Only take this rule along, Always to advise her wrong, And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/lose-no-time-to-contradict-her-nor-endeavor-to-convict-her-only-take/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [Whoe'er excels in what we prize, Appears a hero in our eyes; Each girl, when pleased with what is taught, Will have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/whoe-er-excels-in-what-we-prize-appears-a-hero-in-our-eyes-each-girl/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [Conscience signifies that knowledge which a man hath of his own thoughts and actions; and because, if a man judgeth fairly of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/conscience-signifies-that-knowledge-which-a-man-hath-of-his-own/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live to be as well prepared for it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/i-have-now-lost-my-barrier-between-me-and-death-god-grant-i-may-live/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [Wisdom is a fox who, after long hunting, will at last cost you the pains to dig out; it is a cheese,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/wisdom-is-a-fox-who-after-long-hunting-will-at-last-cost-you-the/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [When you set about your composing, it may be necessary for your ease, and better distillation of wit, to put on your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/when-you-set-about-your-composing-it-may-be-necessary-for-your-ease/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [The motives of the best actions will not bear too strict an inquiry. It is allowed that the cause of most actions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/the-motives-of-the-best-actions-will-not-bear-too-strict-an-inquiry/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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## Other authors on May

## More by Jonathan Swift

> [Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/time-is-painted-with-a-lock-before-and-bald-behind-signifying-thereby/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

> [“He said, he knew no reason why those who entertain opinions prejudicial to the public should be obliged to change, or should not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/he-said-he-knew-no-reason-why-those-who-entertain-opinions/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

> [I with borrow'd silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, Like the bow that guards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/i-with-borrow-d-silver-shine-what-you-see-is-none-of-mine-first-i/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

> [A favor is half granted, when graciously refused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/a-favor-is-half-granted-when-graciously-refused/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

> [I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/i-never-wonder-to-see-men-wicked-but-i-often-wonder-to-see-them-not/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

> [The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/the-best-maxim-i-know-in-this-life-is-to-drink-your-coffee-when-you/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

> [A lie is an excuse guarded](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/a-lie-is-an-excuse-guarded/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

> [A forward critic often dupes us With sham quotations peri hupsos, And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us. Then, lest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/a-forward-critic-often-dupes-us-with-sham-quotations-peri-hupsos-and/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

> [May you live every day of your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/may-you-live-every-day-of-your-life/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

> [Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/ale-is-meat-drink-and-cloth-it-will-make-a-cat-speak-and-a-wise-man/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

> [All fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it is like spending this year part of the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/all-fits-of-pleasure-are-balanced-by-an-equal-degree-of-pain-or/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

> [Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/satire-is-a-sort-of-glass-wherein-beholders-do-generally-discover/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

> [“When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/when-a-great-genius-appears-in-the-world-you-may-know-him-by-this/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

> [I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/i-have-ever-hated-all-nations-professions-and-communities-and-all-my/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

> [So endless and exorbitant are the desires of men that they will grasp at all, and can form no scheme of perfect happiness with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/so-endless-and-exorbitant-are-the-desires-of-men-that-they-will-grasp/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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                        "text": "Whoe'er excels in what we prize, Appears a hero in our eyes; Each girl, when pleased with what is taught, Will have the teacher in her thought. . . . . A blockhead with melodious voice, In boarding-schools may have his choice.",
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                        "text": "Conscience signifies that knowledge which a man hath of his own thoughts and actions; and because, if a man judgeth fairly of his actions by comparing them with the law of God, his mind will approve or condemn him; this knowledge or conscience may be both an accuser and a judge.",
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