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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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,...

A lie is an excuse guarded

A lie is an excuse guarded

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...

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.

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...

It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold...

It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold...

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...

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the...

Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the...

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,...

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...

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.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

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...

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...

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.

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

A good dog does not block the road

A good dog does not block the road

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves...

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves...