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

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time,...

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time,...

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

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...

Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.

Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.

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...

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.

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...

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...

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've always believed no matter how many shots I miss, I'm going to make the...

I've always believed no matter how many shots I miss, I'm going to make the...

Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter,...

Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter,...

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...

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 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.