Jonathan Swift

A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.

A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.

They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.

They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.

He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
out of cucumbers, which were to be put read more

He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
out of cucumbers, which were to be put in phials hermetically
sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers.

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally
discover everybody's face but their own.

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally
discover everybody's face but their own.