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

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

Observation is an old man's memory.

Observation is an old man's memory.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

Books, the children of the brain.

Books, the children of the brain.

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us...

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us...

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...

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

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,...

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the...

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the...

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

Proper words in proper places make the true definiton of style.

Proper words in proper places make the true definiton of style.

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...

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,...