Hieroglyphic Tales

Quotes

• “Notwithstanding this my zeal for good letters, and the ardour of my universal citizenship, (for I declare I design this present for all nations) there are some small difficulties in the way, that prevent my conferring this my great benefaction on the world compleatly and all at once.”

• “This is my supposition; no matter whether I believe it myself or not. I will write against and abuse any man that opposes my hypothesis. It would be fine indeed if learned men were obliged to believe what they assert.”

• “In my dominions there is no nobility but flattery.”

• “The foregoing Tales are given for no more than they are worth: they are mere whimsical trifles, written chiefly for private entertainment, and for private amusement half a dozen copies only are printed.”

• “There is infinitely more invention in history, which has no merit if devoid of truth, than in romances and novelty which pretend to none.”