All Jonathan Swift Quotes
- Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride. Humility
- The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. Best
- Better belly burst than good liquor be lost. Alcohol
- Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old. Age
- Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind. Ergo
- A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle. Bottle
- There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake. Few
- No wise man ever wished to be younger. Aging
- There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency. Constant
- Books, the children of the brain. Book
- Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. Blessed
- 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… Accused
- Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one… All
- Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken. Broken
- Don't set your wit against a child. Child
- I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. Ashamed
- As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold. Capricious
- He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue. Consequently
- Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. Commonly
- Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and… Anniversary