Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally...

It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally...

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they are merely making a sacrifice to...

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they are merely making a sacrifice to...

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others...

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others...

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.

A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman

Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the...

Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the...

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all...

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all...

It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold...

It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold...

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where...

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where...

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

Books, the children of the brain.

Books, the children of the brain.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.