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
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
light reason riders
Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
reason persons
You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.
passion reason
God hath intended our passions to prevail over reason.
weight reason idle
An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
firsts reason persons
You cannot reason a person out of a position he did not reason himself into in the first place.
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.
child daughter pride war
War is the child of Pride, and Pride the daughter of Riches.