Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the...

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the...

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...

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...

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break...

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break...

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...

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is...

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is...

One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any...

One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any...

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...

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...

I have almost done with harridans, and shall soon become old enough to fall in...

I have almost done with harridans, and shall soon become old enough to fall in...

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

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

Observation is an old man's memory.

Observation is an old man's memory.

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

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

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.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

If you want something you never had before, you have to do something you've never...

If you want something you never had before, you have to do something you've never...

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and...

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and...