Jonathan Swift
42 quotations
Don't set your wit against a child.
Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken.
It was a bold person that first ate an oyster.
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.
The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.
There's none so blind as they that won't see.
Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want.
Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.
Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.
Style may defined as the proper words in the proper places.
Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.
The most positive men are the most credulous.
Promises and Pye-Crusts, are made to be broken.