As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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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...

It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house...

It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house...

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...

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not...

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not...

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in...

Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in...

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

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

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

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have...

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have...

Some people take more care to hide their wisdom, than their folly.

Some people take more care to hide their wisdom, than their folly.

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...

No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn...

No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn...

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...

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

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

Observation is an old man's memory.

Observation is an old man's memory.

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...

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...

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

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