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Jonathan Swift quotes

Irish Writer November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745

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Jonathan Swift quote: "May you live all the days of your life."
May you live all the days of your life. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "May you live every day of your life."
May you live every day of your life. Jonathan Swift
I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one, and Judge Such-a-one: so with physicians—I will not speak of my own trade—soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. This is the system upon which I have governed myself many years, but do not... Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although..."
Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "I heartily hate and detest that animal called man, although I..."
I heartily hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, ans so forth. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem..."
As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to..."
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
Jonathan Swift quote: "No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life,..."
No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience. Jonathan Swift
Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction. Jonathan Swift
Gulliver describes a royal personage inspiring awe among the tiny Lilliputians because he was taller than his brethren by the breadth of a human fingernail. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for..."
The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. Jonathan Swift
My hours of leisure I spent in reading the best authors, ancient and modern, being always provided with a good number of books; and when I was ashore, in observing the manners and dispositions of the people, as well as learning their language; wherein I had a great facility, by the strength of my memory. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good."
One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667? October 19, 1745) was an Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for Tories), and poet, famous for works like Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, The Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, and A Tale of a Tub. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, although he is less well known for his poetry. Swift published all of his works under pseudonyms? such as Lemuel... Jonathan Swift

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