Maxioms by Jonathan Swift
What some invent, the rest enlarge.
What some invent, the rest enlarge.
As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a read more
As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
When a true genius appears in this world you may know him by the sign that the dunces are all read more
When a true genius appears in this world you may know him by the sign that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of
money, and hide them in a read more
An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of
money, and hide them in a hole, which a cat observing, asked,
"Why he would hoard up those round shining things that he could
make no use of?" "Why," said the jackdaw, "my master has a whole
chestfull, and makes no more use of them that I do."
The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking read more
The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
