Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers, because whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced. By Jonathan Swift Wise
The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the fool. By Jonathan Swift Freedom, Wit
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. By Jonathan Swift Genius
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. By Jonathan Swift Embarrassment
