Jonathan Swift Quotes

Irish - Writer | November 30, 1667 - October 19, 1745

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Jonathan Swift

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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

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

Jonathan Swift

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The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.

Jonathan Swift

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He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

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A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.

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May you live all the days of your life.

Jonathan Swift

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Every dog must have his day.

Jonathan Swift

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A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.

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Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

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

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When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

Jonathan Swift

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