"Possession, they say, is eleven points of the…" — Jonathan Swift
"Possession, they say, is eleven points of the law."
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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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I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel…
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One of the places where we lived when I was growing up had this big wood out the back. And…
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Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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When I was a young boy, I preferred cats to dogs. From the age of seven or eight onwards I…
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I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is…
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Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of…
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Only a pint at breakfast-time, and a pint and a half at eleven o'clock, and a quart or so at…
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I am simply submerged in work from five in the morning to eleven at night; almost need a few days…
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I'm the one twice over I'm the new eleven
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the…
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Nine! The Navy Diver is not a fighting man, he is a salvage expert. Ten! If it is lost underwater,…
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