"Rhetoric in serious discourses is like the flowers in corn; pleasing to those who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him who would reap profit from it."

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Jonathan Swift

#Flower Quotes #Amusement Quotes #Corn Quotes

“Reason, it is true, is DICTATOR in the Society of Mankind; from her there ought to lie no Appeal; But here we want a Pope in our Philosophy, to be the infallible Judge of what is or is not Reason.”
“When I became of service to other people I stopped worrying about my weight so much.”
“Every man of sound brain whom you meet knows something worth knowing better than yourself. A man, on the whole, is a better preceptor than a book. But what scholar does not allow that the dullest book can suggest to him a new and a sound idea?”
“Waging war is not a primary physical need.”
“Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary".”
“In most marriages, there is a contented partner and a restless one.”

Source : Jennifer Wilson (2011). “Running Away to Home: Our Family's Journey to Croatia in Search of Who We Are, Where We Came From, and What Really Matters”, p.8, Macmillan
“So, how did you all meet?”
“Relationships and trust. This is the bedrock of life.”

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