Jonathan Swift

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better read more

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.

Hail, fellow, well met,
All dirty and wet:
Find out, if you can,
Who's read more

Hail, fellow, well met,
All dirty and wet:
Find out, if you can,
Who's master, who's man.