Jonathan Swift Quote

Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason; their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.


Thoughts on Various Subjects (1727 ed.)


Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason; their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.

Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason; their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.

Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason; their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.

Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason; their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.