"Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are……" — Jonathan Swift
"Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruption."
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271 Quotes by Jonathan Swift
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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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It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer…
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron…
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Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
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Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both…
— Ambrose Bierce
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It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the…
— Nicolas Chamfort
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As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as…
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It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students.
— Edmond H. Fischer
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The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too; most of the weak are false.
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren.
— Doug Larson
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In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
— John Bunyan
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