Life is a tragedy wherein we sit as spectators for a while and then act our part in it.
Jonathan SwiftAll fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it is like spending this year part of the next year's revenue.
Jonathan SwiftNo preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in vain tried to put into our heads before.
Jonathan SwiftSatire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybodyโs face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it.
Jonathan Swift