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

Quote by Jonathan Swift

Topics: Age Quotes, Talent Quotes, Youth Quotes

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house...

It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house...

Books, the children of the brain.

Books, the children of the brain.

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman

Observation is an old man's memory.

Observation is an old man's memory.

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

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

No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn...

No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn...

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruption.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruption.

Don't set your wit against a child.

Don't set your wit against a child.

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time,...

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time,...

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...

A lie is an excuse guarded

A lie is an excuse guarded

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices...

The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices...

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others...

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others...

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only...

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only...

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should...

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should...

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Give a man love, and he will be happy for a time. Teach a man...

Give a man love, and he will be happy for a time. Teach a man...

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.