No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in vain tried to put into our heads before

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably...

Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably...

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.

Books, the children of the brain.

Books, the children of the brain.

Observation is an old man's memory.

Observation is an old man's memory.

Observation is an old man's memory.

Observation is an old man's memory.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may...

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to...

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to...

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

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

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

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.