Swift

Famous quotes containing the word swift:

“Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably good understanding.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

“Those swift to think are not always secure.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

“We are little airy creatures,
All of different voice and features:
One of us in glass is set,
One of us you’ll find in jet,
T’other you may see in tin,
And the fourth a box within;
If the fifth you should pursue,
It can never fly from you.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)