Jonathan Swift ( 10 of 67 )
Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want.
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want.
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 worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking read more
The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
We have just enough religion to make us hate but not enough to make us love one another.
We have just enough religion to make us hate but not enough to make us love one another.
What some invent, the rest enlarge.
What some invent, the rest enlarge.
If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would
not have given them to such read more
If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would
not have given them to such a scoundrel.