And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
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Whoever wishes to win in this game must have patience and money, since the values are so little constant and the rumors so little founded on truth Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.Jonathan Swift
He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.
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The reasons why so few marriages are happy, is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.
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The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.
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If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
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What vexes me most is, that my female friends, who could bear me very well a dozen years ago, have now forsaken me, although I am not so old in proportion to them as I formerly was which I can prove by arithmetic, for then I was double their age, which now I am not. Letter to Alexander Pope. 7 Feb. 1736.
Jonathan Swift
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