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Jonathan Swift quotes

Irish Writer November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745

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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 or two, you offend the rest. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of..."
It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "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
Jonathan Swift quote: "I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see..."
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. Jonathan Swift
When the world has once begun to use us ill, it afterwards continues the same treatment with less scruple or ceremony, as men do to a whore. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "Opium is not so stupefying to many persons as an afternoon..."
Opium is not so stupefying to many persons as an afternoon sermon. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing."
I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride."
Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride..."
Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London..."
It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do..."
What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake."
There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but..."
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "Fine words! I wonder where you stole them."
Fine words! I wonder where you stole them. Jonathan Swift
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday. Jonathan Swift

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