Jonathan Swift ( 10 of 67 )
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.
The rolling fictions grow in strength and size,
Each author adding to the former lies.
The rolling fictions grow in strength and size,
Each author adding to the former lies.
What some invent the rest enlarge.
What some invent the rest enlarge.
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we read more
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental read more
That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy
I know Sir John will go, though he was sure it would rain cats
and dogs.
I know Sir John will go, though he was sure it would rain cats
and dogs.
Convey a libel in a frown.
And wink a reputation down!
Convey a libel in a frown.
And wink a reputation down!
He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.
He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.
Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them read more
Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
