Jonathan Swift

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.

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.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

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.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.