“When you set about your composing, it may be necessary for your ease, and better distillation of wit, to put on your worst clothes, and the worse the better; for an author, like a limbeck, will yield the better for having a rag about him: besides that, I have observed a gardener cut the outward rind of a tree (which is the surtout of it) to make it bear well; and this is a natural account of the usual poverty of poets, and is an argument why wits, of all men living, ought to be ill clad.”
Quote by Jonathan Swift
Work
The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes, Historical and Critical
This book is a compilation of the works of Jonathan Swift, a prominent figure in English literature, including his satirical and philosophical writings. It includes critical annotations that provide historical and analytical insights into Swift's work. more
Author
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift, born on November 30, 1667, and died on October 19, 1745, was an Irish writer, satirist, and politician, renowned for his satirical works. more
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