The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Imaginary evils soon become real ones by indulging our reflections on them; as he who in a melancholy fancy sees something like… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
They have likewise discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve around Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from the center of… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Two friendships in two breasts requires The same aversions and desires. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
For the rest, whatever we have got has been by infinite labor, and search, and ranging through every corner of nature; the… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Two women seldom grow intimate but at the expense of a third person. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
A Child will make two Dishes at an Entertainment for Friends; and when the Family dines alone, the fore or hind Quarter… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Every age might perhaps produce one or two geniuses, if they were not sunk under the censure and obloquy of plodding, servile,… — 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
