KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Jonathan Swift Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Jonathan Swift

Showing 31-40 of 68 Quotes by Jonathan Swift

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

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

~Jonathan Swift

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~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

Ambrose Bierce Bob Dylan Alexander Hamilton Jeremy Irons Demetri Martin John C. Maxwell Lil Uzi Vert Zig Ziglar

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1938 - Kofi Annan

1947 - Robert Kiyosaki

1732 - David Rittenhouse

1859 - Edmund Husserl

1869 - Harvey Cushing

1888 - Dennis Chavez

1892 - Mary Pickford

1896 - E. Y. Harburg

1903 - Ilka Chase

1911 - Emil Cioran

Birthdays on April 8th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Diet Finance Fitness Future Hope Moving On Teen Trust