"Unjustly poets we asperse: Truth shines the..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift

“Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.”

“So endless and exorbitant are the desires of men that they will grasp at all, and can form no scheme of perfect happiness with less.”

“He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put into vials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers.”

“Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting.”

“It is the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoy it completely.”

“Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song.”

“I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I am invincible.”

“The truth is lived before it is understood. It must be fought for, tested, and appropriated. Truth is the way... Anyone will easily understand it if he just gives himself to it.”

“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.”