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Only Quotes by Jonathan Swift
- When men grow virtuous in their old age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
- All Pretences of foretelling by Astrology, are Deceits; for this manifest Reason, because the Wise and Learned, who can only judge whether there be any…
- 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…
- Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five…
- The various opinions of philosophers have scattered through the world as many plagues of the mind as Pandora's box did those of the body; only…
- 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…
- The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.
- I remember it was with extreme difficulty that I could bring my master to understand the meaning of the word opinion, or how a point…
- 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…
- You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday
- The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable; for the happy impute all their success to prudence and merit
- 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…
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