Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where...

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where...

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

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

Some people take more care to hide their wisdom, than their folly.

Some people take more care to hide their wisdom, than their folly.

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

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

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

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...

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

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...

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

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

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

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.

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is...

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is...

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...

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but...

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but...

Don't set your wit against a child.

Don't set your wit against a child.

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all...

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all...

The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices...

The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices...

Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.

Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.

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...