Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in perverting, confounding and eluding them

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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Observation is an old man's memory.

Observation is an old man's memory.

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...

I have almost done with harridans, and shall soon become old enough to fall in...

I have almost done with harridans, and shall soon become old enough to fall in...

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

Books, the children of the brain.

Books, the children of the brain.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever...

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever...

Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound...

Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound...

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...

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Observation is an old man's memory.

Observation is an old man's memory.

Everybody wants to live forever, but nobody wants to grow old.

Everybody wants to live forever, but nobody wants to grow old.

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

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...

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

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.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.