Jonathan Swift Quotes

So, naturalists observe, a flea Hath smaller fleas on him prey; And these have smaller fleas to bite ’em, And so proceed ad infinitum. Thus every poet, in his kind, Is bit by him that comes behind.
Jonathan Swift
Essayist, Poet, Politician, Satirist
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