Maxioms by Jonathan Swift
A pleasant traveling companion helps us on our journey as much as
a carriage.
A pleasant traveling companion helps us on our journey as much as
a carriage.
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.
Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
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
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.