Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

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...

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

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...

Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken.

Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever...

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever...

Don't set your wit against a child.

Don't set your wit against a child.

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong,...

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong,...

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime...

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime...

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...

Two friendships in two breasts requires The same aversions and desires.

Two friendships in two breasts requires The same aversions and desires.

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire...

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire...

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

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

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

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should...

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should...

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

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

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in...

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in...

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...

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their...

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their...