Proper words in proper places make the true definiton of style.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with...

Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with...

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

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.

A lie is an excuse guarded

A lie is an excuse guarded

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...

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...

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...

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only...

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only...

May you live every day of your life.

May you live every day of your life.

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...

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,...

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

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.

Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudices, eradicate virtue, honesty, and religion

Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudices, eradicate virtue, honesty, and religion

Books, the children of the brain.

Books, the children of the brain.

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...

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove...

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove...

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....