"Rhetoric in serious discourses is like the..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift

“Whatever the poets pretend, it is plain they give immortality to none but themselves; it is Homer and Virgil we reverence and admire, not Achilles or Aeneas. With historians it is quite the contrary; our thoughts are taken up with the actions, persons, and events we read, and we little regard the authors.”

“They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.”

“"Lawyers Are": Those whose interests and abilities lie in perverting, confounding and eluding the law.”

“Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear.”

“For Brutus is an honourable man;So are they all, all honourable men.”

“You are not wood, you are not stones, but men;And being men, hearing the will of Caesar,It will inflame you, it will make you mad.”

“Persuasive communication involves enthusiasm, animation, audience participation, authenticity and spontaneity.”

“I said nothing of the sort.”

“It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone and can be made as offensive as a brickbat.”