Quotes by Swift, Jonathan

He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of >>

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not >>

I will venture to affirm, that the three seasons wherein our corn has >>

Quotations about Invention and Inventor

In my own time there have been inventions of this sort, transparent wi >>

Fear is a great inventor. >>

I don't mind occasionally having to reinvent a wheel; I don't even min >>

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.

Swift, Jonathan