Maxioms by Jonathan Swift
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking
what nobody else has thought.
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking
what nobody else has thought.
Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them read more
Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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.
