That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.
JONATHAN SWIFTThat the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.
JONATHAN SWIFTThere are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
JONATHAN SWIFTIt is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.
JONATHAN SWIFTSmall causes are sufficient to make a man uneasy, when great ones are not in the way: for want of a block he will stumble at a straw.
JONATHAN SWIFTHe was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
JONATHAN SWIFTReason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
JONATHAN SWIFTWords are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
JONATHAN SWIFTReligion seems to have grown an infant with age, and requires miracles to nurse it, as it had in its infancy.
JONATHAN SWIFTNothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
JONATHAN SWIFTThe worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
JONATHAN SWIFTMay you live all the days of your life.
JONATHAN SWIFTPromises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
JONATHAN SWIFTI never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
JONATHAN SWIFTYou should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.
JONATHAN SWIFTI love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
JONATHAN SWIFTBrisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.
JONATHAN SWIFT