Jonathan Swift

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking
what nobody else has thought.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking
what nobody else has thought.

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.

We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.

In all distresses of our friends
We first consult our private ends;
While Nature, kindly bent to read more

In all distresses of our friends
We first consult our private ends;
While Nature, kindly bent to ease us,
Points out some circumstance to please us.