WIST QuotationsA quotation from Jonathan Swift
Conversation is but carving;Carve for all, yourself is starving:
Give no more to every Guest,
Than he’s able to digest;
Give him always of the Prime;
And but little at a Time.
Carve to all but just enough:
Let them neither starve nor stuff:
And, that you may have your Due,
Let your Neighbours carve for you.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) English writer and churchman
“An Epistle to a Lady Who Desired the Author to Write Some Verses Upon Her in the Heroic Style,” ll. 123-132 (1732)
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Swift, Jonathan - "An Epistle to a Lady Who Desired the Author to Write Some Verses Upon Her in the Heroic Style," ll. 123-132 (1732) | WIST Quotations
Conversation is but carving; Carve for all, yourself is starving: Give no more to every Guest, Than he's able to digest; Give him always of the Prime; And but little at a Time. Carve to all but just enough: Let them neither starve nor stuff: And, that you may have…