Maxioms by Jonathan Swift
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery's the food of fools;
Yet now and then read more
'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery's the food of fools;
Yet now and then your men of wit
Will condescend to take a bit.
A pleasant traveling companion helps us on our journey as much as
a carriage.
A pleasant traveling companion helps us on our journey as much as
a carriage.
No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people read more
No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in vain tried to put into our heads before
He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
out of cucumbers, which were to be put read more
He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
out of cucumbers, which were to be put in phials hermetically
sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers.
