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.
Quotes By Jonathan Swift
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I never saw heard nor read that the clergy were beloved in any nation...
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We have enough religion to make us hate but not enough to make us love one...
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The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable for the happy impute...
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Power is no blessing in itself except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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Politics as the word is commonly understood are nothing but corruptions.
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Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to...
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I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the...
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A wise person should have money in their head but not in their heart.
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A wise man should have money in his head but not in his heart.
Quotes About Strength
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I have prayed to God that he give me the strength to survive each day and to...
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I saw him... at peace in my armchair. I remember wishing he could stay in...
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The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear...
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The strength of a nation especially of a republican nation is in the...
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I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly...
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There is nothing respecting which a man may be so long unconscious as of the...
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I am not yet born O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my...
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Well you know I'm very supportive of what the Tea Party is trying to do....