Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with his quantum, and he cannot give to one without robbing another. I very well know to whom I would give the first place in my…

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live...

I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live...

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

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

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

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

No wise man ever wished to be younger.

No wise man ever wished to be younger.

I have almost done with harridans, and shall soon become old enough to fall in...

I have almost done with harridans, and shall soon become old enough to fall in...

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...

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.

Observation is an old man's memory.

Observation is an old man's memory.

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and...

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not...

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not...

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,...

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

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

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

The battery of flattery received and enjoyed as lottery by a man from the coterie...

The battery of flattery received and enjoyed as lottery by a man from the coterie...

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art