From the civil war to this time I doubt whether the corruptions in our language have not equalled its refinements.
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Citations by Jonathan Swift
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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That was excellently observed, say I, when I read a passage in an author where his opinion agrees with mine.
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The desire of fame hath been no inconsiderable motive to quicken you in the pursuit of those actions which will best deserve it.
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Every age might perhaps produce one or two true geniuses, if they were not sunk under the censure and obloquy of plodding, servile, imitating pedants.
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Where wit hath any mixture of raillery, it is but calling it banter, and the work is done.
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Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame.
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The ambitious, the covetous, the superficial, and the ill-designing are apt to be bold and forward.
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Men of wit, learning, and virtue might strike out every offensive or unbecoming passage from plays.
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A wise man who does not assist with his counsels, a rich man with his charity, and a poor man with his labour, are perfect nuisances in a commonwealth.
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