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> [Hail fellow, well met.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/hail-fellow-well-met/)

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

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> [Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/faith-that-s-as-well-said-as-if-i-had-said-it-myself/)

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

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> [The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/the-bulk-of-mankind-is-as-well-equipped-for-flying-as-thinking/)

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

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> [Hail, follow, well met, All dirty and wet: Find out, if you can, Who's master, who's man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/hail-follow-well-met-all-dirty-and-wet-find-out-if-you-can-who-s/)

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

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> [What poet would not grieve to see His brother write as well as he? But rather than they should excel, He'd wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/what-poet-would-not-grieve-to-see-his-brother-write-as-well-as-he-but/)

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

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> [The preaching of divines helps to preserve well-inclined men in the course of virtue, but seldom or ever reclaims the vicious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/the-preaching-of-divines-helps-to-preserve-well-inclined-men-in-the/)

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

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> [If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/if-a-lump-of-soot-falls-into-the-soup-and-you-cannot-conveniently-get/)

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

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> [A traveler's chief aim should be to make men wiser and better, and to improve their minds by the bad-as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/a-traveler-s-chief-aim-should-be-to-make-men-wiser-and-better-and-to/)

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

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> [It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/it-is-as-hard-to-satirize-well-a-man-of-distinguished-vices-as-to/)

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

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> [If we take an examination of what is understood by happiness ... we shall find all its properties ... under this short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/if-we-take-an-examination-of-what-is-understood-by-happiness-we-shall/)

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

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> [I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/i-have-been-assured-by-a-very-knowing-american-of-my-acquaintance-in/)

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

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> [What vexes me most is, that my female friends, who could bear me very well a dozen years ago, have now forsaken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/what-vexes-me-most-is-that-my-female-friends-who-could-bear-me-very/)

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

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> [My horses understand me tolerably well; I converse with them at least four hours every day. They are strangers to bridle or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/my-horses-understand-me-tolerably-well-i-converse-with-them-at-least/)

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

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> [For, if we take an examination of what is generally understood by happiness, as it has respect either to the understanding or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/for-if-we-take-an-examination-of-what-is-generally-understood-by/)

[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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> [Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with his quantum, and he cannot give to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/your-notions-of-friendship-are-new-to-me-i-believe-every-man-is-born/)

[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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## Other authors on Wells

## 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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