Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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A lie is an excuse guarded

A lie is an excuse guarded

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire...

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire...

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

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...

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

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.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

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.

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

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

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

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and...

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without...

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without...

There is a place in God's sun for the youth 'farthest down' who has the...

There is a place in God's sun for the youth 'farthest down' who has the...