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

Quote by Jonathan Swift

Topics: Age Quotes, Talent Quotes, Youth Quotes

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in...

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in...

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...

We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.

We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not...

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not...

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,...

Observation is an old man's memory.

Observation is an old man's memory.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break...

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break...

May you live every day of your life.

May you live every day of your life.

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.

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

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

It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally...

It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally...

Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken.

Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken.

When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign,...

When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign,...

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in...

Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in...

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong,...

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong,...

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.