Jonathan Swift

They never would hear,
But turn the deaf ear,
As a matter they had no concern in.

They never would hear,
But turn the deaf ear,
As a matter they had no concern in.

A pleasant traveling companion helps us on our journey as much as
a carriage.

A pleasant traveling companion helps us on our journey as much as
a carriage.

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that read more

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.

I heard the little bird say so.

I heard the little bird say so.

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.