All Jonathan Swift Quotes
- Polite Conversation Why, everyone one as they like; as the good woman said when she kissed her cow. Conversation
- Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself. Conceited
- This wine should be eaten, it is too good to be drunk. Drunk
- I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a… Anyone
- What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly. Expressly
- My horses understand me tolerably well; I converse with them at least four hours every day. They are strangers to bridle or saddle; they live… Amity
- All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits. All
- I will venture to affirm, that the three seasons wherein our corn has miscarried did no more contribute to our present misery, than one spoonful… Affirm
- Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off. Easily
- There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof, I hope, there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am… Benefit
- Punning is an art of harmonious jingling upon words, which, passing in at the ears, excites a titillary motion in those parts; and this, being… Animal
- I'm as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth. Inspirational
- Seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert him from laying… Amusement
- There's none so blind as they that won't see. Blind
- How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning. Advice
- Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it. Falsehood
- Those dreams that on the silent night intrude, and with false flitting shapes our minds delude ... are mere productions of the brain. And fools… Brain
- But you think that it is time for me to have done with the world, and so I would if I could get into a… Best
- Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone. Alone
- For want of a block, man will stumble at a straw. Block