Jonathan Swift ( 10 of 67 )
Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better read more
Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together
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.
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
May you live all the days of your life.
May you live all the days of your life.
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.
We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
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.
Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.
Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.
She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a
pitchfork.
She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a
pitchfork.
Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites read more
Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction.
