"Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well……" — Jonathan Swift

"Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived."

— 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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More Deceived Quotes

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Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. — Aristotle
Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war. — Bernard Baruch
In a movie we try to deceive. In theaters, as they say, the deceived are the wisest. — Casey Affleck
Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived. — Sissela Bok
Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on… — William Booth
Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them. — Lord Byron
I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life. — Taylor Caldwell
You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience,… — Giacomo Casanova
The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth. — Emile M. Cioran
I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure… — Camille Claudel
The consequence was a positively fanatic [orgy of] freethinking coupled with the impression that youth is being deceived by the… — Albert Einstein
Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself. — Benjamin Franklin

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