Jonathan Swift

So, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still read more

So, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still to bite 'em,
And so proceed ad infinitum.
Thus every poet in his kind
Is bit by him that comes behind.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental read more

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy

A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.

A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.