Maxioms by Jonathan Swift
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.
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.
Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.
Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.
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.
They never would hear,
But turn the deaf ear,
As a matter they had no concern in.
They never would hear,
But turn the deaf ear,
As a matter they had no concern in.
