Maxioms by Jonathan Swift
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
I've often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a year,
A handsome house read more
I've often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a year,
A handsome house to lodge a friend,
A river at my garden's end,
A terrace walk, and half a rood
Of land, set out to plant a wood.
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished read more
It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.