Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
It is an uncontrolled truth, that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions, and consequently of no use to a good king or a… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof I hope there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
If we take an examination of what is understood by happiness ... we shall find all its properties ... under this short… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
No man of honor, as the word is usually understood, did ever pretend that his honor obliged him to be chaste or… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Liberty of conscience is nowadays only understood to be the liberty of believing what men please, but also of endeavoring to propagate… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“He said, he knew no reason why those who entertain opinions prejudicial to the public should be obliged to change, or should not be… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I with borrow'd silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, Like the bow that guards… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
A forward critic often dupes us With sham quotations peri hupsos, And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us. Then, lest… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
All fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it is like spending this year part of the next… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
