Showing posts with label Johnathan Swift. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Johnathan Swift. Show all posts

Monday, February 7, 2022

Cobwebs

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

Jonathan Swift.

Monday, September 18, 2017

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing . . .

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.

Johnathan Swift, Letter to Miss Vanhomrigh, August 12, 1720.