All Jonathan Swift Quotes
- Ay, do despise me, I'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised. Despise
- Brutes find out where their talents lie; a bear will not attempt to fly. Attempt
- When dunces are satiric, I take it for a panegyric. Dunces
- Satire, being levelled at all, is never resented for an offence by any. All
- Under the rose, since here are none but friends, To own the truth we have some private ends. Ends
- When I am in danger of bursting, I will go and whisper among the reeds. Among
- May you live all the days of your life. All
- When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. All
- Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. Appreciation
- A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart. Greed
- A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your… Consist
- For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. All
- We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. Enough Religion
- Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. Break
- Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own. Beholder
- 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… Art
- Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. Abound
- He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. Ate
- One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. Enemy
- I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing. First Invented