Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

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.

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...

Observation is an old man's memory.

Observation is an old man's memory.

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all...

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all...

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us...

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us...

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...

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

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...

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

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

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...

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...

May you live every day of your life.

May you live every day of your life.

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...

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of...

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of...

A criminal lawyer, like a trapeze performer, is seldom more than one slip from an...

A criminal lawyer, like a trapeze performer, is seldom more than one slip from an...

There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes...

There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes...