Quote #11

'Tis very warm weather when one's in bed.

More from Jonathan Swift

  1. And surely one of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid:
  2. We are so fond of one another, because our ailments are the same.
  3. There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake, though all the World sees them to be in downright nonsense.
  4. I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
  5. There is nothing in this world constant, but inconstancy.
  6. :one enemy can do more hurt, than ten friends can do good.
  7. Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
  8. But nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in want.

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