Quotes

“It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind.” Jonathan Swift

“It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.” Jonathan Swift

“Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.” Jonathan Swift

“Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably good understanding.” Jonathan Swift

“Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.” Jonathan Swift

“Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.” Jonathan Swift

“The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.” Jonathan Swift

“The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.” Jonathan Swift

“The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.” Jonathan Swift

“Every dog must have his day.” Jonathan Swift

“If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.” Jonathan Swift

“Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.” Jonathan Swift

“Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.” Jonathan Swift

“It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.” Jonathan Swift

“It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not.” Jonathan Swift

“Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.” Jonathan Swift

“No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.” Jonathan Swift

“Observation is an old man's memory.” Jonathan Swift

“Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.” Jonathan Swift

“Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.” Jonathan Swift

“The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.” Jonathan Swift

“The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.” Jonathan Swift

“There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.” Jonathan Swift

“We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.” Jonathan Swift

“What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly.” Jonathan Swift

“Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath.” Jonathan Swift

“Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.” Jonathan Swift

“Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.” Donald Trump

“Everything in life is luck.” Donald Trump

“I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.” Donald Trump