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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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and...

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and...

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

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.

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...

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but...

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but...

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot...

The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot...

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the...

Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the...

Books, the children of the brain.

Books, the children of the brain.

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

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

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,...

Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudices, eradicate virtue, honesty, and religion

Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudices, eradicate virtue, honesty, and religion

No wise man ever wished to be younger.

No wise man ever wished to be younger.

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

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

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want...

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want...

Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother...

Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother...

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....