Jonathan Swift

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished read more

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites read more

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction.

Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.

Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.

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

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