Jonathan Swift Quotes:
Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.
Jonathan Swift
A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.
Jonathan Swift
We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. – We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
Jonathan Swift
The latter part of a wise person’s life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.
Jonathan Swift
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart. – A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
Jonathan Swift
He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. – He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
Jonathan Swift
Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old. – Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
Jonathan Swift
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. – For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
Jonathan Swift
May you live all the days of your life. – May you live all the days of your life.
Jonathan Swift
Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken. – Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
Jonathan Swift
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. – When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
Jonathan Swift
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. – Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
Jonathan Swift
It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.
Jonathan Swift
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning. – I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
Jonathan Swift
Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. – Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
Jonathan Swift
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. – Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
Jonathan Swift
No wise man ever wished to be younger.
Jonathan Swift
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. – The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
Jonathan Swift
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
Jonathan Swift
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
Jonathan Swift
Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind. – Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
Jonathan Swift
Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
Jonathan Swift