There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

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,...

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.

A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.

A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

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...

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.

It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally...

It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally...

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

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...

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...

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may...

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may...

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

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

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

My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this:...

And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this:...

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old...

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old...

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood...

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood...