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Jonathan Swift Quotes

«Lord! I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.»
«Just get the right syllable in the proper place.»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | About: Words
«So weak thou art that fools thy power despise; And yet so strong, thou triumph'st o'er the wise.»
«Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | About: Words | Keywords: ergo
«No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.»
«All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits.»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | Keywords: wits
«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 of water thrown upon a rat already drowned would contribute to his death; and that the present plentiful harvest, although it should be followed by a dozen ensuing, would no more restore us, than it would the rat aforesaid to put him near the fire, which might indeed warm his fur-coat, but never bring him back to life.»
«Come, agree, the law's costly.»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | Keywords: costly
«I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.»
«Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down.»