Jonathan Swift Quote

They say Fish should swim thrice.... First it should swim in the Sea; (do you mind me?) then it should swim in Butter; and at last Sirrah, it should swim in good Claret.

Polite Conversation, Dialogue II (p. 125), Andre Deutsch. 1963

They say Fish should swim thrice.... First it should swim in the Sea; (do you mind me?) then it should swim in Butter; and at last Sirrah, it should...

They say Fish should swim thrice.... First it should swim in the Sea; (do you mind me?) then it should swim in Butter; and at last Sirrah, it should...

They say Fish should swim thrice.... First it should swim in the Sea; (do you mind me?) then it should swim in Butter; and at last Sirrah, it should...

They say Fish should swim thrice.... First it should swim in the Sea; (do you mind me?) then it should swim in Butter; and at last Sirrah, it should...