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
strength men gold
It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not.
money cutting shoes
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
judging age literature
Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.
blessed blessing power
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
children food years
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.
inspirational men doors
For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate requires an expense of time and forms, therefore men of much haste and little ceremony are content to get in by the back-door
world this-world inconstancy
There is nothing in this world constant, but inconstancy.
wise cat men
Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.
strength men knowing
Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.
lying father devil
Although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.
education teacher children
Don't set your wit against a child.
men honor degrees
This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.
inspirational success wise
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
mistake literature
There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.