Maxioms by Jonathan Swift
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
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.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
