"Those dreams that on the silent night intrude,……" — Jonathan Swift
"Those dreams that on the silent night intrude, and with false flitting shapes our minds delude ... are mere productions of the brain. And fools consult interpreters in vain."
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271 Quotes by Jonathan Swift
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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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I love white Portugal wine better than claret, champagne, or burgundy. I have a sad vulgar appetite.
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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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Who can deny that all men are violent lovers of the truth, when we see them so positive in their…
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