Maxioms by Jonathan Swift
The tucked-up sempstress walks hasty strides,
While streams run down her oil'd umbrella's sides.
The tucked-up sempstress walks hasty strides,
While streams run down her oil'd umbrella's sides.
The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.
The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the read more
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the first.
Hail, fellow, well met,
All dirty and wet:
Find out, if you can,
Who's read more
Hail, fellow, well met,
All dirty and wet:
Find out, if you can,
Who's master, who's man.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
