Laws are like Cobwebs which may catch small Flies, but let Wasps and Hornets break through.
—Jonathan Swift
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Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style.
—Jonathan Swift
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“Libertas et natale solum.” Fine words! I wonder where you stole ’em.
—Jonathan Swift
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I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
—Jonathan Swift
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Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own.
—Jonathan Swift
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Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
—Jonathan Swift
