Every dog must have his day.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the...

Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the...

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...

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

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...

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...

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

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

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting...

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting...

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

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

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

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...

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

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...

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.

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,...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

The guilty catch themselves

The guilty catch themselves