It is an uncontrolled truth, that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
When a man is made a spiritual peer he loses his surname; when a temporal, his Christian name. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“He said, he knew no reason why those who entertain opinions prejudicial to the public should be obliged to change, or should not be… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I with borrow'd silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, Like the bow that guards… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
A forward critic often dupes us With sham quotations peri hupsos, And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us. Then, lest… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
All fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it is like spending this year part of the next… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
