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 Hobbes clearly proves, that every creature Lives in a state of war by nature. Jonathan Swift hobbes states war You must take the will for the deed. Jonathan Swift deeds Surely mortal man is a broomstick! Jonathan Swift broomsticks mortals men The sight of you is good for sore eyes. Jonathan Swift sore-eyes eye sight A jargon form'd from the lost language, wit, Confounded in that Babel of the pit; Form'd by diseased conceptions, weak and wild, Sick lust of souls, and an abortive child; Born between whores and fops, by lewd compacts, Before the play, or else between the acts; Nor wonder, if from such polluted minds Should spring such short and transitory kinds. Jonathan Swift play spring children This wine should be eaten, it is too good to be drunk. Jonathan Swift drunk wine should I would rather be a freeman among slaves than a slave among freemen. Jonathan Swift freeman slave freedom I am of the level with common Astrologers; who, with an old paltry cant, and a few pot-hooks for planets to amuse the vulgar, have too long been suffered to abuse the world. Jonathan Swift astrology abuse long What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly. Jonathan Swift ignorant literature heaven O Grub Street! how do I bemoan thee, whose graceless children scorn to own thee! . Yet thou hast greater cause to be ashamed of them, than they of thee. Jonathan Swift writing children art I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution. Jonathan Swift common-sense country religion The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. Jonathan Swift congratulations sadness success And, is not Virtue in Mankind Jonathan Swift mankind virtue mind This Day, whate'er the Fates decree; Jonathan Swift fate sick joy With a whirl of thought oppressed Jonathan Swift thoughtful giving-up thinking What poet would not grieve to see Jonathan Swift brother writing grieving Perpetual aiming at wit is a very bad part of conversation. It is done to support a character: it generally fails; it is a sort of insult on the company, and a restraint upon the speaker. Jonathan Swift support done character You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Jonathan Swift turnips purses ears A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour. Jonathan Swift hype desire lying When we are old, our friends find it difficult to please us, and are less concerned whether we be pleased or not. Jonathan Swift not-friends difficult friendship
