“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 pennyworths 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.” IfsKnowsMenWayGivingShouldFirstsBelieveWellsI BelieveBornFriendsSceneFellowsNotionEvery ManJailPrisonerQuantumMy FriendshipRobbing Book:The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author Source: The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author
“Rebukes are easy from our betters, From men of quality and letters; But when low dunces will affront, What man alive can stand the brunt?” MenEasyQualityAliveLowsLettersRebukeAffrontDunces Author:Jonathan Swift
“If the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my Travels.” IfsWorldScienceDozenBiographiesGulliverGulliver's Travels Author:Jonathan Swift
