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
book men return
Books, like men their authors, have no more than one wayofcoming intothe world, but there areten thousand to go out of it, and return no more.
funny inspiration being-in-love
I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.
drama men play
Men of wit, learning and virtue might strike out every offensive or unbecoming passage from plays.
ignorance gunpowder use
The greatest Inventions were produced in Times of Ignorance; as the Use of the Compass, Gunpowder, and Printing; and by the dullest Nation, as the Germans.
people bird fruit
The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
ems fleas mathematics
So, naturalists observe, a flea; Hath smaller fleas that on him prey; And these have smaller fleas to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum.
country freedom law
By the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your country you are and ought to be as free a people as your brethren in England.
two light culture
The two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.
thinking flying aviation
The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
philosophy school lumber
Philosophy! the lumber of the schools.
children winter two
A Child will make two Dishes at an Entertainment for Friends; and when the Family dines alone, the fore or hind Quarter will makea reasonable Dish; and seasoned with a little Pepper or Salt, will be very good Boiled on the fourth Day, especially in Winter.
supposing-that littles sacred
I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher.
friendship family wisdom
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
optimism quality share
Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.