Jonathan Swift ( 10 of 67 )
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.
Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.
Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
Never sleeping, still awake,
Pleasing most when most I speak;
The delight of old and young,
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Never sleeping, still awake,
Pleasing most when most I speak;
The delight of old and young,
Though I speak without a tongue.
Nought but one thing can confound me,
Many voices joining round me,
Then I fret, and rave, and gabble,
Like the labourers of Babel.
May you live all the days of your life.
May you live all the days of your life.
We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that read more
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.
She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a
pitchfork.
She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a
pitchfork.
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.
Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.
Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.
