The tiny Lilliputians surmise that Gulliver's watch may be his god, because it is that which, he admits, he seldom does anything without consulting.
Jonathan SwiftThe ruin of a State is generally preceded by an universal degeneracy of manners and contempt of religion.
Jonathan SwiftStory-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a good memory, and ought frequently to shift his company.
Jonathan SwiftIt is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.
Jonathan Swift