Jonathan Swift

There's none so blind as they that won't see.

There's none so blind as they that won't see.

A prince, the moment he is crown'd,
Inherits every virtue sound,
As emblems of the sovereign power,
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A prince, the moment he is crown'd,
Inherits every virtue sound,
As emblems of the sovereign power,
Like other baubles in the Tower:
Is generous, valiant, just, and wise,
And so continues till he dies.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. -Jonathan read more

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. -Jonathan Swift.

A great fortune enslaves its owner.

A great fortune enslaves its owner.

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever read more

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after.