Jonathan Swift

They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.

They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.

Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

A prince, the moment he is crown'd,
Inherits every virtue sound,
As emblems of the sovereign power,
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A prince, the moment he is crown'd,
Inherits every virtue sound,
As emblems of the sovereign power,
Like other baubles in the Tower:
Is generous, valiant, just, and wise,
And so continues till he dies.

Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.

Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.

So, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still read more

So, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still to bite 'em,
And so proceed ad infinitum.
Thus every poet in his kind
Is bit by him that comes behind.