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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

Jonathan Swift

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He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

Jonathan Swift

I row after health like a waterman...

Jonathan Swift

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

Jonathan Swift

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by Providence as an evil to mankind.

Jonathan Swift

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It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.

Jonathan Swift

May you live all the days of your life.

Jonathan Swift

No wise man ever wished to be younger.

Jonathan Swift

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One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.

Jonathan Swift

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When a true genius appears in this world you may know him by this sign, that the dines are all in confederacy against him.

Jonathan Swift

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Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping.

Jonathan Swift, Miscellanies, 1711

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When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects

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

Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects, 1711

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