Jonathan Swift Quotes
Born: November 30, 1667
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Jonathan Swift Quotes (11)
"Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old."
— Jonathan Swift"May you live all the days of your life."
— Jonathan Swift"Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder."
— Jonathan Swift"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others."
— Jonathan Swift"The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman."
— Jonathan Swift"Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken."
— Jonathan Swift"For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery."
— Jonathan Swift"When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him."
— Jonathan Swift"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."
— Jonathan Swift"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart."
— Jonathan Swift"Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent."
— Jonathan Swift