Swift

Famous quotes containing the word swift:

“Real good breeding, as the people have it here, is one of the finest things now going in the world. The careful avoidance of all discussion, the swift hopping from topic to topic, does not agree with me; but the graceful style they do it with is beyond that of minuets!”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

“And, is not Virtue in Mankind
The Nutriment that feeds the Mind?”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

“He never courted men in station
Nor persons had in admiration;
Of no man’s greatness was afraid,
Because he sought for no man’s aid.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)