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• Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading.
  -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)...
• A penny for your thoughts. -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Introduction to Polite Conversatio
• Sharp 's the word with her. -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Polite Conversation, Dialogue iii
• There 's two words to that bargain.
  -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Polite Conversation, Dialogue iii...
• T is as cheap sitting as standing.
  -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Polite Conversation, Dialogue i...
• Do you think I was born in a wood to be afraid of an owl?
  -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Polite Conversation, Dialogue i...
• Fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.
  -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Polite Conversation, Dialogue ii...
• I hate nobody: I am in charity with the world.
  -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Polite Conversation, Dialogue i...
• I thought you and he were hand-in-glove.
  -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Polite Conversation, Dialogue ii...