If they would, for Example, praise the Beauty of a Woman, or any other Animal, they describe it by Rhombs, Circles, Parallelograms, Ellipses, and other geometrical terms ...
More Quotes from Jonathan Swift:
In oratory, the greatest art is to conceal art.Jonathan Swift
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
Jonathan Swift
One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid
Jonathan Swift
Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.
Jonathan Swift
It was a bold person that first ate an oyster.
Jonathan Swift
Seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert him from laying violent hands upon the ship.
Jonathan Swift
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Animals Quotes, Beauty Quotes, Praise Quotes, Woman QuotesBased on Keywords: ellipses, geometrical
I'm famous. That's my job.
Jerry Rubin
I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff.
Laura Prepon
What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!
William James