Jonathan Swift

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is…

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their…

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart…

Words are but wind and learning is nothing but words ergo, learning is nothing but…

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age…

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions…

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all…

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever…

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others…