Books, the children of the brain.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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Don't set your wit against a child.

Don't set your wit against a child.

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have...

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have...

Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound...

Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound...

Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none...

Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none...

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their...

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their...

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot...

The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot...

Observation is an old man's memory.

Observation is an old man's memory.

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is...

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is...

Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the...

Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the...

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they are merely making a sacrifice to...

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they are merely making a sacrifice to...

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects,...

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects,...