Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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

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

When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign,...

When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign,...

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in...

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in...

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

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

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...

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us...

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us...

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

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to...

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to...

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime...

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime...

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...

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the...

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the...

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...

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold...

It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold...

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...

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.

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...

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should...

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should...