I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
Quotes from Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies — Jonathan Swift
1667–1745 Ireland
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Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old.
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
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Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
Men are contented to be laughed at for their wit, but not for their folly.
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives, and the sincerest part of our devotion.
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
The Bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age…
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
No wise man ever wished to be younger.
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)
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