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
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
inspirational success wise
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
inspirational children book
Books, the children of the brain.
inspirational funny humorous
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
inspirational life birthday
May you live all the days of your life.
inspirational law break-through
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
inspirational leadership teacher
Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
ate bold risk
It was a bold person that first ate an oyster.
knowledge pretend pretense
Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to.
places proper true words
Proper words in proper places make the true definiton of style.
definition places proper true words
Proper words in proper places make the true definition of style.
broken promises
Promises and Pye-Crusts - are made to be broken
ad bite flea fleas hath proceed smaller
So, naturalists observe, a flea - Hath smaller fleas that on him prey; And these have smaller still to bite 'em; And so proceed ad infinitum
art seeing vision
Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.