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Jonathan Swift quotes

Irish Writer November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745

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Jonathan Swift quote: "Don't set your wit against a child."
Don't set your wit against a child. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it..."
If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It..."
You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "Ever eating, never cloying, All-devouring, all-destroyingNever..."
Ever eating, never cloying, All-devouring, all-destroyingNever finding full repast, Till I eat the world at last. Jonathan Swift
And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous..."
As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense. Jonathan Swift
I desired that the Senate of Rome might appear before me in one large chamber, and a modern representative, in counterview, in another. The first seemed to be an assembly of heroes and demi-gods; the other, a knot of pedlars, pick-pockets, highwaymen, and bullies. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age."
Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "Truth shines the brighter clad in verse."
Truth shines the brighter clad in verse. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency."
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "As learnd commentators view. In Homer more than Homer knew."
As learnd commentators view. In Homer more than Homer knew. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to..."
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. Jonathan Swift
So Geographers in Afric-maps. With Savage-Pictures fill their Gaps; And o'er uninhabitable Downs. Place Elephants for want of Towns Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "Punning is a talent which no man affects to despise but he..."
Punning is a talent which no man affects to despise but he that is without it. Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift quote: "It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was..."
It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. Jonathan Swift

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