Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their...

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but 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.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

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...

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

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

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong,...

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong,...

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more...

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more...

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with...

Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with...

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...

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

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...

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.

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...

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the...

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...