It is likewise to be observed that this society hath a peculiar chant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand, and wherein all their laws are written, which they take special care to multiply. Jonathan Swift More Quotes by Jonathan Swift More Quotes From Jonathan Swift He that calls a man ungrateful sums up all the veil that a man can be guilty of. Jonathan Swift ungratefulveilsmen Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five barred gate. A dog by instinct turns aside Who sees the ditch too deep and wide, But man we find the only creature Who, led by folly, combats nature; Who, when she loudly cries-Forbear! With obstinacy fixes there; And where the genius least inclines, Absurdly bends his whole designs. Jonathan Swift horsedoglying A Child will make two Dishes at an Entertainment for Friends; and when the Family dines alone, the fore or hind Quarter will makea reasonable Dish; and seasoned with a little Pepper or Salt, will be very good Boiled on the fourth Day, especially in Winter. Jonathan Swift wintertwochildren In all I wish, how happy should I be, Jonathan Swift wiselifeart Patience alleviates, as impatience augments, pain; thus persons of strong will suffer less than those who give way to irritation. Jonathan Swift irritationpainstrong It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider. Jonathan Swift spiderssuspensemiserable Have you not observed that there is a lower kind of discretion and regularity, which seldom fails of raising men to the highest station in the court, the church, and the law? Jonathan Swift churchlawmen Your onions should be thoroughly boiled. Jonathan Swift onionsshould To acknowledge you were wrong yesterday is simply to let the world know that you are wiser today than you were then. Jonathan Swift acknowledge-youyesterdayworld Just get the right syllable in the proper place. Jonathan Swift syllables Then, rising with Aurora's light, The Muse invoked, sit down to write; Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish, interline. Jonathan Swift risinglightwriting The affectation of some late authors to introduce and multiply cant words is the most ruinous corruption in any language. Jonathan Swift introducingcorruptionlanguage That incessant envy wherewith the common rate of mankind pursues all superior natures to their own. Jonathan Swift incessantenvycommon Not die here in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole. Jonathan Swift self-improvementragerats The more careless, the more modish. Jonathan Swift careless I forget whether advice be among the lost things which Ariosto says are to be found in the moon: that and time ought to have been there. Jonathan Swift moonadviceforget Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in company; and there are a hundred men sufficiently qualified for both who, by a very few faults, that they might correct in half an hour, are not so much as tolerable. Jonathan Swift shiningmightmen Abstracts, abridgments, summaries, etc., have the same use with burning-glasses,--to collect the diffused light rays of wit and learning in authors, and make them point with warmth and quickness upon the reader's imagination. Jonathan Swift glasseslightimagination Quotations are best brought in to confirm some opinion controverted. Jonathan Swift quotationsopinion Strange an astrologer should die, without one wonder in the sky. Jonathan Swift astrologystrangesky
