"I have known some men possessed of good……" — Jonathan Swift
"I have known some men possessed of good qualities which were very serviceable to others, but useless to themselves; like a sun-dial on the front of a house, to inform the neighbours and passengers, but not the owner within."
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271 Quotes by Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift has 271 quotes on this site.
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A carpenter is known by his chips.
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The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
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The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot,…
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The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot,…
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A fig for partridges and quails, ye dainties I know nothing of ye; But on the highest mount in Wales…
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I love white Portugal wine better than claret, champagne, or burgundy. I have a sad vulgar appetite.
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The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his…
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I must complain the cards are ill shuffled till I have a good hand.
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Religion seems to have grown an infant with age, and requires miracles to nurse it, as it had in its…
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It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.
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Men of great parts are often unfortunate in the management of public business, because they are apt to go out…
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Who can deny that all men are violent lovers of the truth, when we see them so positive in their…
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs.…
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Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means…
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Sleep is the best time to repair, but it's hard to get a good night's rest when we don't dial…
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I'm hitting the driver so good I gotta dial the operator for long distance after I hit it.
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The person who observes a clock, sees in it not only the pendulum swinging to and fro, and the dial-plate,…
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I find the Doomsday picture Al Gore is painting - a six-meter sea level rise, fifteen times the IPCC number…
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In this way they went on, and on, and on-in the language of the story-books-until at last the village lights…
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My discussion with Keith Richards about the creative process led me to believe that there's an invisible presence of a…
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TV tends to look for the living equivalents of squeaky-clean Kens and Barbies, but with my dial I'm more like…
— John C. McGinley
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At my hotel room, my friend came over and asked to use the phone. I said Certainly. He said Do…
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The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place…
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