Jonathan Swift Quotes

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. – Jonathan Swift

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own. – Jonathan Swift

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. – Jonathan Swift

May you live all the days of your life. – Jonathan Swift

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

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else. – Jonathan Swift

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

When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. – Jonathan Swift

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 he was yesterday. – Jonathan Swift

May you live every day of your life. – Jonathan Swift

It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. – Jonathan Swift

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. – Jonathan Swift

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own. – Jonathan Swift

Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect. – Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift Quotes part 2

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. – Jonathan Swift

No wise man ever wished to be younger. – Jonathan Swift

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. – Jonathan Swift

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 neighbor. – Jonathan Swift

May you live all the days of your life. – Jonathan Swift

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. – Jonathan Swift

When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. – Jonathan Swift

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

A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility. – Jonathan Swift

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

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 he was yesterday. – Jonathan Swift

May you live every day of your life. – Jonathan Swift

It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. – Jonathan Swift

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. – Jonathan Swift

Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect. – Jonathan Swift

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. – Jonathan Swift

No wise man ever wished to be younger. – Jonathan Swift

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own. – Jonathan Swift

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 neighbor. – Jonathan Swift

May you live all the days of your life. – Jonathan Swift

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. – Jonathan Swift

When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. – Jonathan Swift

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

A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility. – Jonathan Swift

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

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 he was yesterday. – Jonathan Swift

May you live every day of your life. – Jonathan Swift

It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. – Jonathan Swift

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. – Jonathan Swift

Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect. – Jonathan Swift

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. – Jonathan Swift