"Some men, under the notion of weeding..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift
Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion.
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“There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.”
“How often do we contradict the right rules of reason in the whole course of our lives! Reason itself is true and just, but the reason of every particular man is weak and wavering, perpetually swayed and turned by his interests, his passions, and his vices.”
“Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.”
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“I thank God I am not a woman, to be touched in so many giddy offences as He hath generally taxed their whole their whole sex withal.”
“Once upon a time a man whose ax was missing suspected his neighbor's son. The boy walked like a thief, looked like a thief and spoke like a thief. But the man found his ax while digging in the valley, and the next time he saw his neighbor's son, the boy walked, looked and spoke like any other child.”
“Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just as wrong as all previous ages that thought so. How often have we not seen the truth condemned! It is sad but unfortunately true that man learns nothing from history.”