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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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...

A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.

A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they are merely making a sacrifice to...

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they are merely making a sacrifice to...

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

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...

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...

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

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...

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house...

It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house...

No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn...

No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn...

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...

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...

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...

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

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...

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire...

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire...

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.

Pittsburgh isn't fancy, but it is real. It's a working town and money doesn't come...

Pittsburgh isn't fancy, but it is real. It's a working town and money doesn't come...

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust