“ 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: like a man, who hath thought of a good re… Jonathan Swift
“ I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, r… Jonathan Swift
“ Here commences a new dominion acquired with a title by divine right. Ships are sent with the first opportunity; the natives driven out or destroyed; their princes tortured to discover their gold; a… Jonathan Swift
“ Difference in opinions has cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether the juice of a certain berry be blood or wine. Jonathan Swift
“ 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
“ Usually speaking the worst-bred person in company is a young traveller just returned from abroad. 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
“ 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
“ These reasonings will furnish us with an adequate definition of a true critic: that he is a discoverer and collector of writers’ faults. Which may be farther put beyond dispute by the following demons… Jonathan Swift
“ When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.[] Jonathan Swift
“ معظم ابناء جلدتك هم أخبث سلالة من الحشرات المؤذية البغيضة التي سمحت لها الطبيعة بالزحف على وجخ الأرض Jonathan Swift
“ He asked me, "what were the usual causes or motives that made one country go to war with another?" I answered "they were innumerable; but I should only mention a few of the chief. Sometimes the ambiti… Jonathan Swift
