"How is it possible to expect that..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift

“Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary.”

“Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.”

“Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.”

“I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.”

“Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.”

“Just as the savage must wrestle with nature to satisfy his wants, to maintain and reproduce life, so must civilised man, and he must do so in all social formations and under all possible modes of production.”

“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”

“Success is a refined study of the obvious”

“Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.”