Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

Books, the children of the brain.

Books, the children of the brain.

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.

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...

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...

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...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with...

Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with...

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...

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more...

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more...

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...

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...

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

Don't set your wit against a child.

Don't set your wit against a child.