Maxioms by Jonathan Swift
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we read more
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the read more
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the first.
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.
Convey a libel in a frown.
And wink a reputation down!
Convey a libel in a frown.
And wink a reputation down!
