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One Quotes by Jonathan Swift
- Polite Conversation Why, everyone one as they like; as the good woman said when she kissed her cow.
- All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits.
- I will venture to affirm, that the three seasons wherein our corn has miscarried did no more contribute to our present misery, than one spoonful…
- An atheist has got one point beyond the devil.
- They have likewise discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve around Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from the center of the primary exactly…
- 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…
- A secret is seldom safe in more than one breast.
- Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with his quantum, and he cannot give to one without robbing…
- There is no quality so contrary to any nature which one cannot affect, and put on upon occasion, in order to serve an interest.
- We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
- One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
- Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one…
- We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
- I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but…
- And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot…
- We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
- Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does more…
- I've always believed no matter how many shots I miss, I'm going to make the next one.
- 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
- Your notions of friendship arenew to me; I believe every man is born with his quantum, and he cannot give to one without robbing another.…
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