"An Epistle to a Lady Who Desired the Author to Write Some Verses Upon Her in the Heroic Style," ll. 123-132 (1732) - Swift, Jonathan | 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…
