Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old. – Jonathan Swift
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. – Jonathan Swift
Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. – Jonathan Swift
Better belly burst than good liquor be lost. – Jonathan Swift
One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. – Jonathan Swift
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. – Jonathan Swift
Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical. – Jonathan Swift
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. – Jonathan Swift
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. – Jonathan Swift
A lie is an excuse guarded. – Jonathan Swift
Good manners is the art of making people comfortable. Whoever makes the fewest people uncomfortable has the best manners. – Jonathan Swift
No wise man ever wished to be younger. – Jonathan Swift
He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. – Jonathan Swift
Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived. – Jonathan Swift
Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison. – Jonathan Swift
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. – Jonathan Swift
Proper words in proper places make the true definition of style. – Jonathan Swift
And he gave it for his opinion, “that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. – Jonathan Swift
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning. – Jonathan Swift
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want. – Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Irish-born English satirist.
Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives. – Jonathan Swift
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