Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit, Will condescend to take a bit - Jonathan Swift Quotes
Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit, Will condescend to take a bit Jonathan Swift
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Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age. - Jonathan Swift Quotes

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

Jonathan Swift

 Age And Aging Irish Writer
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. - Jonathan Swift Quotes

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

Jonathan Swift

 Irish Writer
I've always believed no matter how many shots I miss, I'm going to make the next one. - Jonathan Swift Quotes

I've always believed no matter how many shots I miss, I'm going to make the next one.

Jonathan Swift

 Belief
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. - Jonathan Swift Quotes

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

Jonathan Swift

 Irish Writer
So geographers, in Africa maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er uninhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns - Jonathan Swift Quotes

So geographers, in Africa maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er uninhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns

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 Africa
Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance. - Jonathan Swift Quotes

Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.

Jonathan Swift

 Hunger Irish Writer
Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are an imitation of fighting - Jonathan Swift Quotes

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

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 Animals
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. - Jonathan Swift Quotes

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

Jonathan Swift

 Irish Writer
As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense. - Jonathan Swift Quotes

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

Jonathan Swift

 Fools And Foolishness Irish Writer
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday. - Jonathan Swift Quotes

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.

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 Irish Writer
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