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• I shall be like that tree,--I shall die at the top.
  -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Scott's Life of Swif...
• Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
  -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)...
• If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
  -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Letter to Miss Vanbromrigh, Aug, 12, 1720...
• He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue. -- Jonathan Swif
• Philosophy! The lumber of the schools. -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
• Promises and pie crust are made to be broken -- Jonathan Swif
• There is nothing in this world constant but inconstancy. -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
• Vision is the art of seeing things invisible. -- Jonathan Swif
• Argument is the worst sort of conversation. Jonathan Swif