Monday, January 21, 2019

What are some satirical quotations from Gulliver's Travels?

Many of
the best satirical quotations in  relate to Swift's insinuated political
commentary. As someone cynically disillusioned by his own unhappy involvement in the world of
politics, Swift's ill-concealed bitterness brings an added satirical bite to these quotations'
impact upon the reader.

Of so little weight are the
greatest services to princes, when put into the balance with a refusal to gratify their
passions.

Gulliver is reflecting on the ingratitude of
the Emperor of Lilliput, despite his having saved the Lilliputians from a Blefuscu invasion. He
has refused to enslave the Blefuscudian prisoners at the Emperor's behest on moral grounds. The
message here is that politics and morality do not always align; if you want to get on in the
political world then be prepared...

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