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
contented folly laughed men
Men are contented to be laughed at for their wit, but not for their folly
age-and-aging god grow men merely sacrifice virtuous
When men grow virtuous in their old age, they are merely making a sacrifice to God of the Devil's leavings
bit food maxim men tis
Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit, Will condescend to take a bit
block men want
Small causes are sufficient to make a man uneasy, when great ones are not in the way: for want of a block he will stumble at a straw.
children fighting men
Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.
believe men liberty
Liberty of conscience is nowadays only understood to be the liberty of believing what men please, but also of endeavoring to propagate that belief as much as they can.
humor men laughing
Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
wise men rogues
A wise man will find us to be rogues by our faces.
hate men animal
Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
men weather together
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.
kings men voting
In like manner, the disbelief of a Divine Providence renders a man uncapable of holding any public station; for, since kings avow themselves to be the deputies of Providence.
men long age
Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.
men shining company
Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.
men age criticism
If the men of wit and genius would resolve never to complain in their works of critics and detractors, the next age would not know that they ever had any.