It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

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...

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

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

May you live every day of your life.

May you live every day of your life.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

How is it possible to expect mankind to take advice when they will not so...

How is it possible to expect mankind to take advice when they will not so...

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...

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is...

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is...

All fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it...

All fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it...

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

Don't set your wit against a child.

Don't set your wit against a child.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is...

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is...

One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any...

One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any...

Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none...

Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none...

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...

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

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