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Small: A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother dont like her daughter to resemble her in
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
"A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in"
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright
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Small: To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in anothers breast is to become a principal in the mischief
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
"To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief"
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright
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Small: Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
"Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword"
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright
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Small: Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes
Jonathan Swift
"Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same
Jonathan Swift
"We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or
Jonathan Swift
"The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken
Jonathan Swift
"Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly
Jonathan Swift
"Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been desi
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, Writer
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Small: Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in
Jonathan Swift
"Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking,
Jonathan Swift
"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"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath
Jonathan Swift
"Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride
Jonathan Swift
"Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions
Jonathan Swift
"Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not
Jonathan Swift
"It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgm
Jonathan Swift
"Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent
Jonathan Swift
"Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle
Jonathan Swift
"A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart
Jonathan Swift
"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery
Jonathan Swift
"For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: He was a bold man that first eat an oyster
Jonathan Swift
"He was a bold man that first eat an oyster"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others
Jonathan Swift
"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome
Jonathan Swift
"The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent
Jonathan Swift
"Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people une
Jonathan Swift
"Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed
Jonathan Swift
"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we wan
Jonathan Swift
"The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public
Jonathan Swift
"Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none If
Jonathan Swift
"Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefo
Jonathan Swift
"It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed
Jonathan Swift
"I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Better belly burst than good liquor be lost
Jonathan Swift
"Better belly burst than good liquor be lost"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style
Jonathan Swift
"The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting
Jonathan Swift
"Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser to
Jonathan Swift
"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"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together Let none but Him who rules the thunder
Jonathan Swift
"Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake
Jonathan Swift
"There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Principally I hate and detest that animal called man although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so fort
Jonathan Swift
"Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud and pride and hunger will ever be at variance
Jonathan Swift
"Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably good understanding
Jonathan Swift
"Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably good understanding"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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