Jonathan Swift
View AuthorWhen a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.
Jonathan Swift
View AuthorWhen the devil is satisfied, he is a good person.
Jonathan Swift
View AuthorNo wise man ever wished to be young.
Jonathan Swift
View AuthorArbitrary power constitutes a natural temptation for a prince, like wine or women for a young man, or bribery for a judge, or greed for the old, or vanity for a woman.
Jonathan Swift
View AuthorVision is the art of seeing the invisible things.
Jonathan Swift
View AuthorEveryone would like to live a long time, but no one would want to be old.
Jonathan Swift
View AuthorIt is an axiom that he who is universally granted the second place has undeniable merits to occupy the first.
Jonathan Swift
View AuthorNothing is constant in this world except inconsistency.
Jonathan Swift
View AuthorNo man will accept advice, but everyone will accept money. From this it follows that money is worth more than advice.
Jonathan Swift
View AuthorOne enemy can do more harm than the good that ten friends together can do.
Jonathan Swift
View AuthorApollo, the god of medicine, used to send diseases. In the beginning, the two professions were one, and it remains so.
Antonio Tabucchi
View AuthorIt is difficult to have precise convictions when speaking of matters of the heart.