Jonathan Swift

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Convey a libel in a frown.
And wink a reputation down!

Convey a libel in a frown.
And wink a reputation down!

Never sleeping, still awake,
Pleasing most when most I speak;
The delight of old and young,
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Never sleeping, still awake,
Pleasing most when most I speak;
The delight of old and young,
Though I speak without a tongue.
Nought but one thing can confound me,
Many voices joining round me,
Then I fret, and rave, and gabble,
Like the labourers of Babel.

There's none so blind as they that won't see.

There's none so blind as they that won't see.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Necessity is the mother of invention.