"Punning is a talent which no man affects……" — Jonathan Swift
"Punning is a talent which no man affects to despise but he that is without it."
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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 think one of the biggest things that affects young women is when they hear their mothers using fat talk.
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A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
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There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of…
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The great thing with film is that it doesn't have an ego. It's just a film. Everybody that makes them…
— Danny Boyle
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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.
— Samuel Butler
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With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why.
— David Byrne
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We all seem to be about aggression and greed. It's a massive pressure that affects us all.
— Eric Cantona
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What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in…
— Amy Chua
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If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's…
— William J. Clinton
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Every time I see documentaries or infomercials about little kids with cancer, I just freak out. It affects me on…
— Kurt Cobain
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Cancer affects all of us, whether you're a daughter, mother, sister, friend, coworker, doctor, patient.
— Jennifer Aniston
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