Jonathan Swift Quotes


Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. Jonathan Swift Break 264
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. Jonathan Swift Diet 262
Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age. Jonathan Swift Age 193
Everybody wants to live forever, but nobody wants to grow old. Jonathan Swift Age 193
May you live all the days of your life. Jonathan Swift Life 157
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency. Jonathan Swift Constant 133
A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart. Jonathan Swift Money 130
No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel. Jonathan Swift Money 128
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. Jonathan Swift Philosophy 119
Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room. Jonathan Swift art 113
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart. Jonathan Swift Money 112
Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping. Jonathan Swift Ambition 111
Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably good understanding. Jonathan Swift Kick 111
Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting. Jonathan Swift Children 110
Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly. Jonathan Swift Humor 106
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. Jonathan Swift Power 104
Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals are an imitation of fighting. Jonathan Swift Sports 103
Vision is the art of seeing things invisible. Jonathan Swift Prophecy 102
Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. Jonathan Swift Animal 102
Better belly burst than good liquor be lost. Jonathan Swift AlcoholAlcoholism 100
It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom. Jonathan Swift Opinion 99
I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves. Jonathan Swift Lawyers 98
My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool. Jonathan Swift Drink 98
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. Jonathan Swift Shame 97
The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style. Jonathan Swift Style 96
He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put into vials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers. Jonathan Swift Science 96
If a proud man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is that he keeps his at the same time. Jonathan Swift Pride 95
A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle. Jonathan Swift Bottle 95
As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense. Jonathan Swift Shame 92
It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not. Jonathan Swift Gold 92
Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down. Jonathan Swift Shame 91
Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well deceived. Jonathan Swift Happiness 91
We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. Jonathan Swift Religion 91
He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue. Jonathan Swift Consequently 90
One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. Jonathan Swift Enemy 88
When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Jonathan Swift Genius 88
When we are old, our friends find it difficult to please us, and are less concerned whether we be pleased or not. Jonathan Swift Friendship 86
In church your grandsire cut his throat; to do the job too long he tarried: he should have had my hearty vote to cut his throat before he married. Jonathan Swift Ancestry 86
I wont quarrel with my bread and butter. Jonathan Swift Bread 86
Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. Jonathan Swift Strength 86
Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical. Jonathan Swift Coffee 86
All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits. Jonathan Swift Humor 86
Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride. Jonathan Swift Vanity 86
It is the first rule of oratory that a man must appear such as he would persuade others to be; and that can be accomplished only by the force of his life. Jonathan Swift Speaking 85
The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. Jonathan Swift Success 85
Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives. Jonathan Swift Pessimism 85
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want. Jonathan Swift Charity 85
It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind. Jonathan Swift Justice 84
We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same. Jonathan Swift Advice 84
Every dog must have his day. Jonathan Swift Animals 83

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