All Jonathan Swift Quotes
- I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning. Abed
- Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly. Folly
- My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool. Drink
- The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier. Contracted
- Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. Censure
- Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction. Allured
- Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. Age
- It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom. Coffee
- Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably good understanding. Good
- Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance. Hunger
- Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. Animal
- The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. All
- The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style. Definition
- 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… All
- Every dog must have his day. Animals
- If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel. Given
- Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age. Age
- It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not. Gold
- Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting. Animal
- No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience. Age