"A stander-by may sometimes, perhaps, see more of……" — Jonathan Swift

"A stander-by may sometimes, perhaps, see more of the game than he that plays it."

— Jonathan Swift

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271 Quotes by Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift has 271 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A carpenter is known by his chips.
The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot,…
The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot,…
A fig for partridges and quails, ye dainties I know nothing of ye; But on the highest mount in Wales…
I love white Portugal wine better than claret, champagne, or burgundy. I have a sad vulgar appetite.
The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his…
I must complain the cards are ill shuffled till I have a good hand.
Religion seems to have grown an infant with age, and requires miracles to nurse it, as it had in its…
It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.
Men of great parts are often unfortunate in the management of public business, because they are apt to go out…
Who can deny that all men are violent lovers of the truth, when we see them so positive in their…

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I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five. — Charles Barkley
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