Quotes by Swift, Jonathan

When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sig >>

The most positive men are the most credulous. >>

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living >>

If any man wishes to write a clear style, let him first be clear in hi >>

Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on >>

O Grub Street! how do I bemoan thee, whose graceless children scorn to own thee! . Yet thou hast greater cause to be ashamed of them, than they of thee.

Swift, Jonathan