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

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only...

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only...

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

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...

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...

May you live every day of your life.

May you live every day of your life.

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.

We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.

Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken.

Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken.

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...

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

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...

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...

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where...

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where...

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

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 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...

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may...

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may...

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under...

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under...

The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the...

The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the...