"I shall be like that tree-I shall die at the top."
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Jonathan Swift quotes (page 22 of 22)
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"I used to wonder how a man of birth and spirit could endure to be wholly insignificant and obscure in a foreign country, when he might live with lustre in his own."
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"A college joke to cure the dumps."
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"Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a good memory, and ought frequently to shift his company."
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"Had Windham possessed discretion in debate, or Sheridan in conduct, they might have ruled their age."
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"Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is once past, there is no recalling it."
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"Liberty of conscience is nowadays only understood to be the liberty of believing what men please, but also of endeavoring to propagate that belief as much as they can."
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"All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits."
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"What poet would not grieve to see His brother write as well as he? But rather than they should excel, He'd wish his rivals all in Hell."
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"I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company."
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"Blot out, correct, insert, refine, enlarge, diminish, interline. Be mindful, when invention fails. To scratch your head and bite your nails."
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"Two friendships in two breasts requires The same aversions and desires."
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"Tis nothing when you are used to it."
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