He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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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...

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the...

The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the...

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably...

Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably...

A lie is an excuse guarded

A lie is an excuse guarded

I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live...

I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live...

Proper words in proper places make the true definiton of style.

Proper words in proper places make the true definiton of style.

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their...

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their...

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all...

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all...

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.

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to...

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to...

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to...

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to...

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and...

I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and...