Few are qualified to shine in company; but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.
Gulliver's Travels
Few are qualified to shine in company; but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.
Gulliver's Travels
Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting
1706
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"If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel."
Shocking"We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another."
Strange & Unusual"And that this boasted lord of nature Is both a weak and erring creature."
Humorous"I have always held the principle that a nation should be governed by laws, and not by the caprice of a monarch."
Humorous"It is a trite but true observation, that examples work more forcibly on the mind than precepts."
Strange & Unusual