Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swiftwas an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth30 November 1667
CountryIreland
fool invented wonder
Lord! I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.
clothes pitch thrown wears
She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitch folk.
clothes thrown wears
She wears her clothes as if they are thrown on with a pitchfork
eradicate notion religion
Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudices, eradicate virtue, honesty, and religion
butter looks melt mouth
She looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth
animals children diversion fighting imitation sorts
Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are an imitation of fighting
contented folly laughed men
Men are contented to be laughed at for their wit, but not for their folly
May you live every day of your life.
best company conversation left rules wish
One of the very best rules of conversation is to never, say anything which any of the company wish had been left unsaid.
best company conversation left reasonably rules unsaid wish
One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid
almost fall fourteen girls love shall soon
I have almost done with harridans, and shall soon become old enough to fall in love with girls of fourteen
expressly heaven ignorant
What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not we are told expressly
against appears dunces genius true
When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.