Jonathan Swift Quotes

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. Jonathan Swift

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart. Jonathan Swift

A man should never be ashamed to admit he has been wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. Jonathan Swift

No wise man ever wished to be younger. Jonathan Swift

Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping. Jonathan Swift

When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Jonathan Swift

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet. and Doctor Merryman. Jonathan Swift

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own. Jonathan Swift

Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of style. Jonathan Swift

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest. Jonathan Swift

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency. Jonathan Swift

Lord, I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing! Jonathan Swift

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride. Jonathan Swift

It is remarkable with what Christian fortitude and resignation we can bear the suffering of other folks. Jonathan Swift

He was a bold man that first eat an oyster. Jonathan Swift

The most positive men are the most credulous. Jonathan Swift