The translators of the Bible were masters of an English style much fitter for that work than any we see in our present writings; the which is owing to the simplicity that runs through the whole. Jonathan Swift More Quotes by Jonathan Swift More Quotes From Jonathan Swift 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 horse dog lying 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 winter two children In all I wish, how happy should I be, Jonathan Swift wise life art Patience alleviates, as impatience augments, pain; thus persons of strong will suffer less than those who give way to irritation. Jonathan Swift irritation pain strong It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider. Jonathan Swift spiders suspense miserable 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 church law men Your onions should be thoroughly boiled. Jonathan Swift onions should 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-you yesterday world 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 rising light writing The affectation of some late authors to introduce and multiply cant words is the most ruinous corruption in any language. Jonathan Swift introducing corruption language That incessant envy wherewith the common rate of mankind pursues all superior natures to their own. Jonathan Swift incessant envy common Not die here in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole. Jonathan Swift self-improvement rage rats 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 moon advice forget 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 shining might men 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 glasses light imagination Quotations are best brought in to confirm some opinion controverted. Jonathan Swift quotations opinion Strange an astrologer should die, without one wonder in the sky. Jonathan Swift astrology strange sky There seems to be no part of knowledge in fewer hands than that of discerning when to have done. Jonathan Swift fewer done hands
