The ruin of a State is generally preceded by an universal degeneracy of manners and contempt of religion.
Jonathan SwiftTo acknowledge you were wrong yesterday is simply to let the world know that you are wiser today than you were then.
Jonathan SwiftIf they would, for Example, praise the Beauty of a Woman, or any other Animal, they describe it by Rhombs, Circles, Parallelograms, Ellipses, and other geometrical terms.
Jonathan Swift