It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.
Jonathan SwiftWords are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
Jonathan SwiftPolite Conversation Why, everyone one as they like; as the good woman said when she kissed her cow.
Jonathan SwiftWhat vexes me most is, that my female friends, who could bear me very well a dozen years ago, have now forsaken me, although I am not so old in proportion to them as I formerly was: which I can prove by arithmetic, for then I was double their age, which now I am not. Letter to Alexander Pope. 7 Feb. 1736.
Jonathan Swift