What did Jonathan Swift mean by: From not the gravest of Divines, Accept for once some serious Lines. - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland Copy
+ What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Jonathan Swift, Heaven, Ignorant, Literature, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
+ Tis happy for him that his Father was born before him. Feraz Zeid, June 30, 2023December 12, 2023, Jonathan Swift, Conversation, Father, Polite, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
+ It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Jonathan Swift, Gold, Strength, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
+ An English tongue, if refined to a certain standard, might perhaps be fixed forever. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Jonathan Swift, Tongue, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
+ Punning is a talent which no man affects to despise but he that is without it. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Jonathan Swift, Despise, Talent, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
+ Every dog must have his day. Feraz Zeid, August 25, 2023December 24, 2023, Jonathan Swift, Bad Day, Dog, Success, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
+ Big-endians and small-endians. Feraz Zeid, June 26, 2023December 12, 2023, Jonathan Swift, Book, Language, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
+ Everyone desires long life, not one old age. Feraz Zeid, August 8, 2023December 12, 2023, Jonathan Swift, Age, Desire, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. - William Cowper Poet · England
The machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetry. - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things. - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
I never wear very serious suits. I don’t have to because I don’t go to an office, so it’s fine. - Jean Pigozzi Businessman
You can be deeply non-serious and still focused, disciplined, and on task. - Jeff VanderMeer Author · USA
