KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Jonathan Swift Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Jonathan Swift

Showing 21-30 of 68 Quotes by Jonathan Swift

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

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Observation is an old man's memory.

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


No wise man ever wished to be younger.

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Writer

Born: November 30th, 1667

Died: October 19th, 1745

Links

Find Jonathan Swift on Amazon

Related Authors

Dale Carnegie
Anne Frank
Napoleon Hill
Elbert Hubbard
Niccolo Machiavelli
Ayn Rand
Dr. Seuss
Voltaire

Popular Authors

Tom Brady Richard Branson Kobe Bryant Confucius Victor Hugo Sylvia Plath Bruce Springsteen Denzel Washington

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1819 - George Eliot

1921 - Rodney Dangerfield

1943 - Billie Jean King

1744 - Abigail Adams

1856 - Heber J. Grant

1857 - George Gissing

1869 - Andre Gide

1890 - Charles De Gaulle

1899 - Hoagy Carmichael

1912 - Doris Duke

Birthdays on November 22nd
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Dating Family Finance Hope Nature Space Teacher Thankful