Books, the children of the brain.
-- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
-- Tale of a Tub, Sect. i
-- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
-- Tale of a Tub, Sect. i
Related:
- As boys do sparrows, with flinging salt upon their tails.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Tale of a Tub, Sect... - He made it a part of his religion never to say grace to his meat.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Tale of a Tub, Sect... - Bread is the staff of life.
-- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
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Tale of a Tub,... - It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second place
have an undoubted title to the first.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Tale of a Tub,... - Seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an
empty tub by way of amusement,
to divert him from laying violent hands upon the ship... - Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation,
as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading... - The two noblest things, which are sweetness and light.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Battle of the... - T is as cheap sitting as standing.
-- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
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Polite Conversation, Dialogue... - I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.
Jonathan...
From the same category:
- Create the impression that you have already reached your level of incompetence.
Peter's Rule for Creative... - Prevent Drowning:
Buddy... - War is just another government program.
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Joseph... - God, look at the time!
My girlfriend will kill me... - You can tell it's going to be a rotten day when
you call your answering service,
and they tell you it's none of your business...
