Famous quotes containing the word swift:
“This Day, whateer the Fates decree;
Shall still be kept with Joy by me:
This Day then, let us not be told,
That you are sick, and I grown old,”
—Jonathan Swift (16671745)
“Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.”
—Jonathan Swift (16671745)
“Beneath the suns rays our shadow is our comrade;
When clouds obscure the sun our shadow flees.
So Fortunes smiles the fickle crowd pursues,
But swift is gone whenever she veils her face.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
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