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[its-suanneschafer-author]

BOOK REVIEW: An oldie but goodie: #MistressMashamsRepose by #THWhite. A lovely story with good ethics and humor for younger YA readers. 

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[daimonclub]

Jonathan Swift reflections

Jonathan Swift thoughts and reflections Jonathan Swift reflections, thoughts, ideas, opinions, humor wits, short texts and great words of wisdom and criticism by the famous author of Gulliver's Travels and other great literary works. Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with his quantum, and he cannot give to one without robbing another. I very well know to whom I would give the first place in my friendship, but they are not in the way, I am condemned to another scene, and therefore I distribute it in penny worths to those about me, and who displease me least, and should do the same to my fellow prisoners if I were condemned to a jail. Jonathan Swift It is true there has been all along in the world a notion of rewards and punishments in another life, but it seems to have rather served as an entertainment to poets or as a terror of children than a settled principle by which men pretended to govern any of their actions. The last celebrated words of Socrates, a little before his death, do not seem to reckon or build much upon any such opinion; and Caesar made no scruple to disown it and ridicule it in open senate. Jonathan Swift He was perfectly astonished with the historical account gave him of our affairs during the last century; protesting “it was only a heap of conspiracies, rebellions, murders, massacres, revolutions, banishments, the very worst effects that avarice, faction, hypocrisy, perfidiousness, cruelty, rage, madness, hatred, envy, lust, malice, and ambition, could produce.” His majesty, in another audience, was at the pains to recapitulate the sum of all I had spoken; compared the questions he made with the answers I had given; then taking me into his hands, and stroking me gently, delivered himself in these words, which I shall never forget, nor the manner he spoke them in: “My little friend Grildrig, you have made a most admirable panegyric upon your country; you have clearly proved, that ignorance, idleness, and vice, are the proper ingredients for qualifying a legislator; that laws are best explained, interpreted, and applied, by those whose interest and abilities lie in perverting, confounding, and eluding them. I observe among you some lines of an institution, which, in its original, might have been tolerable, but these half erased, and the rest wholly blurred and blotted by corruptions. It does not appear, from all you have said, how any one perfection is required toward the procurement of any one station among you; much less, that men are ennobled on account of their virtue; that priests are advanced for their piety or learning; soldiers, for their conduct or valour; judges, for their integrity; senators, for the love of their country; or counsellors for their wisdom. As for yourself,” continued the king, “who have spent the greatest part of your life in travelling, I am well disposed to hope you may hitherto have escaped many vices of your country. But by what I have gathered from your own relation, and the answers I have with much pains wrung and extorted from you, I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.” Jonathan Swift In the school of political projectors, I was but ill entertained, the professors appearing, in my judgment, wholly out of their senses; which is a scene that never fails to make me melancholy. These unhappy people were proposing schemes for persuading monarchs to choose favorites upon the score of their wisdom, capacity, and virtue; of teaching ministers to consult the public good; of rewarding merit, great abilities, and eminent services, of instructing princes to know their true interest, by placing it on the same foundation with that of their people; of choosing for employment persons qualified to exercise them; with many other wild impossible chimeras, that never entered before into the heart of man to conceive; and confirmed in me the old observation, that there is nothing so extravagant and irrational which some philosophers have not maintained for truth. Jonathan Swift Judges... are picked out from the most dextrous lawyers, who are grown old or lazy, and having been biased all their lives against truth or equity, are under such a fatal necessity of favoring fraud, perjury and oppression, that I have known several of them to refuse a large bribe from the side where justice lay, rather than injure the faculty by doing any thing unbecoming their nature in office. Jonathan Swift I will venture to affirm, that the three seasons wherein our corn has miscarried did no more contribute to our present misery, than one spoonful of water thrown upon a rat already drowned would contribute to his death; and that the present plentiful harvest, although it should be followed by a dozen ensuing, would no more restore us, than it would the rat aforesaid to put him near the fire, which might indeed warm his fur-coat, but never bring him back to life. Jonathan Swift They look upon fraud as a greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with death; for they allege, that care and vigilance, with a very common understanding, may preserve a man's goods from thieves, but honesty has no defence against superior cunning; and, since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual intercourse of buying and selling, and dealing upon credit, where fraud is permitted and connived at, or has no law to punish it, the honest dealer is always undone, and the knave gets the advantage. Jonathan Swift And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. Jonathan Swift Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect: like a man, who hath thought of a good repartee when the discourse is changed, or the company parted; or like a physician, who hath found out an infallible medicine, after the patient is dead.” Jonathan Swift I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one, and Judge Such-a-one: so with physicians - I will not speak of my own trade - soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. This is the system upon which I have governed myself many years, but do not tell... Jonathan Swift It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind. These, under the name of precedents, they produce as authorities, to justify the most iniquitous opinions; and the judges never fail of decreeing accordingly. Jonathan Swift I replied that England (the dear place of my nativity) was computed to produce three times the quantity of food, more than its inhabitants are able to consume, ... But, in order to feed the luxury and intemperance of the males, and the vanity of the females, we sent away the greatest part of our necessary things to other countries, from whence in return we brought the materials of diseases, folly, and vice, to spend among ourselves. Hence it follows of necessity that vast numbers of our people are compelled to seek their livelihood by begging, robbing, stealing, cheating, pimping, forswearing, flattering, suborning, forging, gaming, lying, fawning, hectoring, voting, scribbling, freethinking... Jonathan Swift Ingratitude is amongst them a capital crime, as we read it to have been in some other countries: for they reason thus; that whoever makes ill-returns to his benefactor, must needs be a common enemy to the rest of the mankind, from where he has received no obligations and therefore such man is not fit to live. Jonathan Swift I have one word to say upon the subject of profound writers, who are grown very numerous of late; and I know very well the judicious world is resolved to list me in that number. I conceive therefore, as to the business of being profound, that it is with writers as with wells; a person with good eyes may see to the bottom of the deepest, provided any water be there; and often, when there is nothing in the world at the bottom, besides dryness and dirt, though it be but a yard and half under ground, it shall pass however for wondrous deep, upon no wiser a reason than because it is wondrous dark. Jonathan Swift J. Swift quotes Quotes by authors Quotes by arguments Essays with quotes Thoughts and reflections News and events Read the full article

#chimeras #Earth #friendship #historical #jail #JonathanSwift #judgment #man #nature #physicians #political #prisoners #professors #School

[genc-akademi-blog]

Bu haftaki kitap önerimiz "Gulliver'in Gezileri" ile Jonathan Swift'in gözünden insan doğasını ve farklı ülkeleri tanıyacaksınız...

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[polifema32]

Los viajes de Gulliver novela satírica de Jonathan SwiftEl libro comienza con un pequeño preámbulo en el que Lemuel Gulliver, en el estilo de los libros de la época, da una pequeña reseña sobre su vida e historia antes de sus viajes. Cuenta su procedencia, sus estudios y sus aficiones; entre ellas viajar. Se establece como médico, pero ante las dificultades económicas decide embarcarse para mejorar su situación.🎃🐈‍⬛🎃🐈‍⬛🎃🐈‍⬛🎃🐈‍⬛🎃👻👻👻👻🌕🌕🌕🌕 Envíos y entregas 📦🚚📪📤 Te invitamos a visitar nuestra tienda en línea https://linktr.ee/Loslibrosdepolifema Entregas personales todos los sábados en estación revolución (línea 2 del STCM) #libros #bookstagram #books #librosrecomendados #literatura #leer #frases #lectura #book #libro #booklover #lectores #escritos #poesia #instabook #amoleer #bookstagrammer #losviajesdegulliver #jonathanswift (en Mexico City, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj8kx_yuGJU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[chrisryanspeaks]

One of the most historic churches in Europe with a world famous choir and the body of one of the most famous poets/writers #jonathanswift buried in its cathedral. #stpatrickscathedral #dublinireland #irelandtour #aroundirelandin4days #chrisryannyc #historicireland #gaytravel (at St. Patrick’s Cathedral) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeY2Z4pMPMW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#jonathanswift #stpatrickscathedral #dublinireland #irelandtour #aroundirelandin4days #chrisryannyc #historicireland #gaytravel

[enlivenedartemis]

"Gulliver's Travels": An Exploration of Humanity's Struggles and Reflections

Gulliver's Travels provide a realistic realization. After I read the novel, I realized that we really need to decide what we really want in our lives. We need to be sure of every decision we make. In the said novel, it was shown that we need to fit into a place or society where we really meant to be.

This novel is a captivating literary work penned by Jonathan Swift that delves deep into the human condition and societal flaws through the lens of fantastical voyages. Swift's satirical and imaginative storytelling allows us to see our own world with fresh eyes, reflecting on the absurdities and follies of our own society. It's a timeless reminder that even in the most fantastical tales, we can find profound truths about ourselves and the world we inhabit.

Each island that Gulliver visited shows us that there are a lot of different people we can meet in our society who will be part of our journey. It also shows the different types of governing systems in a society.

Through the whimsical voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, the novel addresses the complexities of human nature, power dynamics, and the contrasting aspects of society. Each voyage serves as a microcosm of society, shedding light on our inherent vices and follies, inviting introspection, and prompting a reevaluation of our values.

During the Gulliver's visit to the island of Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos, the duality of human nature is exposed. The Houyhnhnms, rational and civilized equine beings, stand in stark contrast to the brutish and irrational Yahoos, symbolic of humanity's potential for both virtue and vice.

Swift's criticism prompts a reflection on the balance between intellectual pursuits and their applicability for the greater good, urging us to consider the ethical implications of unchecked advancements.

The novels also tell us we don’t have to please everyone to believe in us. It is not necessary that we can make them believe in us; as long as we know that we are correct with our words and actions, we can be a good member of society and we can help to build a better society. The important thing is how we attain our freedom in helping our society to have a better future.

#TheGulliver'sTravel

#JonathanSwift

[singeratlarge]

“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible”—Jonathan Swift ...SONG OF THE WEEK: “The Sleeping Giant of Love” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/the-sleeping-giant-of-love-xavier-mix

 —This is my twist on Jonathan Swift’s oft-tributed and parodied GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (a political allegory that some say was the first science fiction novel). While sailing on a ship, Lemuel Gulliver is storm-tossed and knocked unconscious, only to awaken as a prisoner on an island populated by eccentric little people. I turned it around so the island is populated by marooned humans who, after a dark and stormy night, find this Giant on the beach. They can’t wake him from his peaceful slumber. Yet they’re compelled to rouse him because they think he has answers, that he might be friendly. They learn that the Giant is a metaphor for what they’ve forgotten about: Love.

Musically I was inspired by David Bowie and Split Enz/Neil Finn (+ imagining Dennis Wilson on drums). My fiance Uma Robin Mackey says it’s one of her favorites! To download and listen go to...

#SleepingGiant #GulliversTravels #JonathanSwift #Lilliput #davidbowie #splitenz #neilfinn #denniswilson #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #sanfrancisco #california #christianrock #artrock #poprock #alternativerock #singeratlarge #storm #hurricane #lightning #thunder #island #drums

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[mindonfirebooks]

Jonathan Swift and His Modest Proposal on Eating Poor Kids

Happy Birthday, #JonathanSwift born #OTD in 1667. When this proposal this not acting humble, it is firing off in the direction of comical dissolution to the victimization of children, or as would put it, the salvation of a country!

Save the world, eat children. A “Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift would not be so modest if it were not for the obscene language to make the idea seem less abominable – that is to say – because of the use of obscene language, the tone of the dilemma does seem modest or even a bit comical at times. These reactions or sympathies are created with Jonathan Swift’s use of diction and syntax; he…

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[uncannyfantastic]

Happy birthday to Milo Manara @milomanara_official — who remembers his “Gullivera” from our July 1997 issue? Amazingly, this is Manara’s only cover for Heavy Metal. (Perhaps we should get him back for another…?). . The issue is still available in our online shop, definitely one of the highlights of ‘90s Heavy Metal. https://www.heavymetal.com/products/shm3146 . #manara #milomanara #gullivera #gulliveriana #heavymetalmagazine #fantasyart #jonathanswift #rule63 https://www.instagram.com/p/CTu2uHElSjF/?utm_medium=tumblr

#manara #milomanara #gullivera #gulliveriana #heavymetalmagazine #fantasyart #jonathanswift #rule63

[omlekha]

[MOFATEOAGD C9 conscious aggression]

#MountainsOfFlame #oversocialization #evangelical #WillToPower #Nietzsche #savage #gneitalia #ConfidenceTrick #deconstruction #StolenLand #CultureWars #Gulliver #JonathanSwift #PassiveAggressive #PoliticallyCorrect #woke #CriticalTheory #VirtueSignalling #SocialJustice #SJW #HerdMentality #progressive #PolitcallyCorrect #PC #CancelCulture #TriggerWarning #StockholmSyndrome #CulturalManagement #GordianKnot #AlexanderTheGreat

[tyneoconnell]

With the remarkable @amandaeliasch discussing the #baroque Salons of Mayfair & The Savile Owls - #owls are the Symbol of #Minerva & wisdom & crest of both the Savile Family & Mayfair are hidden throughout the Savile Estate Including #SavileRow - The salons of the Celebrated Queer Torchbearers of Mayfair were hosted by #lesbian artist & saloniere #dorothysavile (1699-1758) who created the Savile Estate along with her protégé & husband’s lover the #queer #architect #williamkent (1685-1748) - Like King JamesI, Queen Anna, & George Villiers in the Jacobean between 1720 - Dorothy Savile, her husband Richard & William Kent lived together as man & wife & lover for 28years. To quote #oscarwilde -“in marriage 3 is company 2 is none!” Dorothy also hosted the most famous cultural salon from 1715-1758 - “The Burlington Circle” in Burlington House which is now the @royalacademyarts Her Salon boasted an illustrious set of #queer #artists & thinkers including #handel 1685-1759 tutor of black composer #ignatiussancho, #abolitionists #SamualJohnson 1709-1784, #jonathanswift 1667-1745 , #alexanderpope 1688-1744 & numerous others but the closest friendship was the bond between Dorothy Savile & her husband’s lover William Kent - aka “Kentini”who together Palladianised London - next time you’re visiting your Tailor on #savilerow have a wander around & count how many owls you can find hidden in the #architecture #mayfairhistory #queerhistory #womenshistory @thewolseley #owls #philipsalon @seraoflondon https://www.instagram.com/p/CFVOzvKA0Ct/?igshid=1uqtuo7rgtder

#baroque #owls #minerva #savilerow #lesbian #dorothysavile #queer #architect #williamkent #oscarwilde #artists #handel #ignatiussancho #abolitionists #samualjohnson #jonathanswift #alexanderpope #architecture #mayfairhistory #queerhistory #womenshistory #philipsalon

[geekbroll]

Walt Disney’s - Gulliver Mickey - 1975 Disney Wonderful World of Reading #27 - Random House - ISBN: 0-394-82561-6 Gulliver Mickey is shipwrecked in Lilliput, a land of tiny people, who, after they lose their initial fear of him, become his fast friends.   I loved this book as a kid. Every page is magic and sparked the imagination. This along with the Hanna Barbera cartoon series, The Adventures of Gulliver, are my very favorite versions. #gullivermickey #mickeymouse #wonderfulworldofreading #randomhouse #disney #disneybooks #waltdisney #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #bookcovers #cartoons #cartoonbooks  #jonathanswift #gulliverstravels #lilliput #lilliputians #gulliver #theadventuresofgulliver #disneybooks (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw0gkTbBLiv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2yxsvsjz7t61

#27 #gullivermickey #mickeymouse #wonderfulworldofreading #randomhouse #disney #disneybooks #waltdisney #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #bookcovers #cartoons #cartoonbooks #jonathanswift #gulliverstravels #lilliput #lilliputians #gulliver #theadventuresofgulliver

[daimonclub]

Jonathan Swift Quotations

Jonathan Swift famous quotes and aphorisms Jonathan Swift quotations, famous quotes, aphorisms, ideas, opinions about man, life, human race, wits, ambition, heaven and love, that reveal his immense literary greatness. Hic depositum est Corpus, IONATHAN SWIFT S.T.D. (Doctor of Sacred Theology), Hujus Ecclesiæ, athedralis Decani, Ubi sæva Indignatio, Ulterius, Cor lacerare nequit. Abi Viator Et imitare, si poteris, Strenuum pro virili, Libertatis Vindicatorem. Jonathan Swift Epitaph Swift has sailed into his rest; Savage indignation there Cannot lacerate his breast. Imitate him if you dare, World-besotted traveller; he Served human liberty. W. B. Yeats Whoever wishes to win in this game must have patience and money, since the values are so little constant and the rumors so little founded on truth vision is the art of seeing things invisible. Jonathan Swift Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath. Jonathan Swift I cannot but conclude that the Bulk of your Natives, to be the most pernicious Race of little odious Vermin that Nature ever suffered to crawl upon the Surface of the Earth. Jonathan Swift When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Jonathan Swift What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly. Jonathan Swift What some people invent the rest enlarge. Jonathan Swift We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. Jonathan Swift We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same. Jonathan Swift Vision is the art of seeing things invisible. Jonathan Swift Very few men, properly speaking, live at present, but are providing to live another time. Jonathan Swift Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride. Jonathan Swift Two friendships in two breasts requires the same aversions and desires. Jonathan Swift There's none so blind as they that won't see. Jonathan Swift There is nothing in this world constant but inconstancy. Jonathan Swift There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake. Jonathan Swift The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance and never to keep his work. Jonathan Swift The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style. Jonathan Swift The most positive men are the most credulous. Jonathan Swift The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier. Jonathan Swift The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome. Jonathan Swift The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. Jonathan Swift Style may be defined as the proper words in the proper places. Jonathan Swift She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitch folk. Jonathan Swift Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own, which is the chief reason for that kind of reception it meets in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. Jonathan Swift Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off. Jonathan Swift Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken. Jonathan Swift Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. Jonathan Swift Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. Jonathan Swift Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced. Jonathan Swift You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday Jonathan Swift Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance. Jonathan Swift One of the very best rules of conversation is to never, say anything which any of the company wish had been left unsaid. Jonathan Swift One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. Jonathan Swift Observation is an old man's memory. Jonathan Swift O Grub Street! how do I bemoan thee, whose graceless children scorn to own thee! . Yet thou hast greater cause to be ashamed of them, than they of thee. Jonathan Swift Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want. Jonathan Swift Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest. Jonathan Swift Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down. Jonathan Swift No wise man ever wished to be younger. Jonathan Swift Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly. Jonathan Swift May you live all the days of your life. Jonathan Swift Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. Jonathan Swift It was a bold person that first ate an oyster. Jonathan Swift It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom. Jonathan Swift It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind. Jonathan Swift It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues. Jonathan Swift It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind. Jonathan Swift Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age. Jonathan Swift Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. Jonathan Swift In church your grandsire cut his throat; to do the job too long he tarried: he should have had my hearty vote to cut his throat before he married. Jonathan Swift A company is like a dog, who dirts those most whom he loves best. Jonathan Swift If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel. Jonathan Swift I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing. Jonathan Swift I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves. Jonathan Swift I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. Jonathan Swift I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution. Jonathan Swift I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning. Jonathan Swift I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child, well nursed, is at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout. Jonathan Swift I always love to begin a journey on Sundays, because I shall have the prayers of the church to preserve all that travel by land, or by water. Jonathan Swift Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction. Jonathan Swift 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. Jonathan Swift Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well deceived. Jonathan Swift For the rest, whatever we have got has been by infinite labor, and search, and ranging through every corner of nature; the difference is that instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax, thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light. Jonathan Swift Faith! He must make his stories shorter or change his comrades once a quarter. Jonathan Swift Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old. Jonathan Swift Don't set your wit against a child. Jonathan Swift Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives. Jonathan Swift Come, agree, the law's costly. Jonathan Swift Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. Jonathan Swift But you think that it is time for me to have done with the world, and so I would if I could get into a better before I was called into the best, and not die here in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole. Jonathan Swift Better belly burst than good liquor be lost. Jonathan Swift As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold. Jonathan Swift As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense. Jonathan Swift Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading. Jonathan Swift And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. Jonathan Swift Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping. Jonathan Swift Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. Jonathan Swift All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits. Jonathan Swift A wise man ought to have money in his head, but not in his heart. Jonathan Swift A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal delicacy, propriety, and judgment? Jonathan Swift J. Swift reflections Quotes by authors Quotes by arguments Essays with quotes Thoughts and reflections News and events Read the full article

#Anglo-Irish #aphorisms #gulliver'stravel #heaven #humanrace #humor #humour #irony #jokes #JonathanSwift #literature #love #quotations #quotes #satire #satirist #wits

[dinoalexander]

#happyfriday #begoodhumans #jonathanswift https://www.instagram.com/p/By-HCyPBjxnOYCg65nyhoEHYjiBQwUWLHv7njI0/?igshid=1b0surg4yoit5

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[paulechegoyen]

2019, c’est l’année où je finalise mon premier voyage de Lemuel Gulliver, avec #bertrandgalic au scénario. C’est aussi l’anniversaire des 10ans de la @collection.noctambule où l’album paraîtra! 🥳🎂 Comme j’ai hâte de partager enfin cette aventure avec vous!!! #jonathanswift #sketch #sketchbook #sketching #draw #drawing #drawings #gulliver #gulliverstravels #romangraphique #workinghard #paulechegoyen https://www.instagram.com/p/BtESaCLDUPW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nnam8wspmrhx

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Perjalanan Gulliver berkisah tentang penjelajahan seorang dokter bedah kapal bernama Lemuel Gulliver ke empat negeri terpencil di dunia. Di Lilliput, Gulliver menemukan sebuah negeri dalam miniatur di mana dia dipandang sebagai dewa. Sebaliknya di Brobdingnag, dia hanyalah makhluk kecil di negeri raksasa. Di Laputa, sebuah pulau terbang, dia bertemu dengan masyarakat spekulan. Pelayaran terakhir membawanya ke negeri Houyhnhnms, di mana kuda-kuda berbudi luhur hidup berdampingan dengan Yahoo, makhluk tak beradab yang memiliki kemiripan dengan manusia. Penerjemah: Afris Irwan Jonathan Swift, Perjalanan Gulliver, Novel, Yogyakarta, Penerbit Kakatua, Maret 2022, vi+356 hlm, 90.000 #JonathanSwift #PerjalananGulliver #Novel #PenerbitKakatua #KatalogJBS (di Jual Buku Sastra-JBS) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcXWuFaBizO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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