168 ordspråk av Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
'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
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A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends; and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in w
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A chuck under the chin is worth two kisses
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A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal delicacy, propriety, and judgment?
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A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.
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A lie is an excuse guarded
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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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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.
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A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone
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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.
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All fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it is like spending this year part of the next year's revenues
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All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits.
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Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping.
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