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Quote by Jonathan Swift

“Vanity is a natural object of temptation to a woman.”

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Jonathan Swift, born on November 30, 1667, and died on October 19, 1745, was an Irish writer, satirist, and politician, renowned for his satirical works. more

“Wisdom is a fox who, after long hunting, will at last cost you the pains to dig out; it is a cheese, which, by how much the richer, has the thicker, the homlier, and the coarser coat; and whereof to a judicious palate, the maggots are best. It is a sack posset, wherein the deeper you go, you'll find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must value and consider, because it is attended with an egg. But lastly, it is a nut, which, unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm.”

May Long Wisdom Pain Lasts Values Pay Cost Judgment Deeper Teeth Eggs Nuts You Choose Hunting Cheese Foxes Coats Worms Hens Palate Maggots

Author:Jonathan Swift

“I cannot imagine why we should be at the expense to furnish wit for succeeding ages, when the former have made no sort of provision for ours.”

Should Made Age Imagine Succeed Wit Former Expenses Provision

Book:The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author

Source: The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author

“Perpetual aiming at wit is a very bad part of conversation. It is done to support a character: it generally fails; it is a sort of insult on the company, and a restraint upon the speaker.”

Done Character Company Support Failing Conversation Wit Insult Speakers Perpetual Restraint

Author:Jonathan Swift

“Two women seldom grow intimate but at the expense of a third person.”

Persons Two Grows Women Thirds Intimate Expenses Third Person

Author:Jonathan Swift

“It is the beginning of the end. [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]”

Ends Als Commencement Fins

Author:Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

“The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all.”

Men Hate Rich Too Much Despise Flattery Rich Man

Author:Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

“Methods are the masters of masters.”

Masters Method

Author:Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

“Beauty, devoid of grace, is a mere hook without the bait.”

Grace Mere Hook Bait

Author:Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

“Whoever did not live in the years neighboring 1789 does not know what the pleasure of living means. [Fr., Qui n'a pas vecu dans les annees voisines de 1789 ne sait pas ce que c'est le palisir de vivre.]”

Knows Life Years Mean Doe Pleasure

Author:Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

“Love is a reality which is born in the fairy region of romance.”

Love Reality Romance Born Love Is Fairy Regions Romance Love

Author:Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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