Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swiftwas an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth30 November 1667
CountryIreland
abound conceive hard others riches
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want.
places proper true words
Proper words in proper places make the true definiton of style.
definition places proper true words
Proper words in proper places make the true definition of style.
broken promises
Promises and Pye-Crusts - are made to be broken
ad bite flea fleas hath proceed smaller
So, naturalists observe, a flea - Hath smaller fleas that on him prey; And these have smaller still to bite 'em; And so proceed ad infinitum
knowledge pretend pretense
Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to.
defined proper style words writers-and-writing
Style may defined as the proper words in the proper places.
art fools power thou thy weak
So weak thou art that fools thy power despise; And yet so strong, thou triumph'st o'er the wise.
happiness perpetual possession
Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well deceived.
advice expect mankind possible
How is it possible to expect mankind to take advice when they will not so much as take warning?
contracted curing false latter life opinions taken
The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies, prejudices, and false opinions he had contracted in the former.
political politics corruption
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.
nails mindfulness scratches
Blot out, correct, insert, refine, enlarge, diminish, interline. Be mindful, when invention fails. To scratch your head and bite your nails.
eye sight sore-eyes
The sight of you is good for sore eyes.