Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

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 have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live...

I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live...

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

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

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...

Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.

Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.

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...

What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we...

What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we...

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...

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...

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...

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

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...

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...

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and...

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and...

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...

Two friendships in two breasts requires The same aversions and desires.

Two friendships in two breasts requires The same aversions and desires.

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should...

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should...

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime...

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime...

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their...

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their...