Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swiftwas an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth30 November 1667
CountryIreland
astrology long abuse
I am of the level with common Astrologers; who, with an old paltry cant, and a few pot-hooks for planets to amuse the vulgar, have too long been suffered to abuse the world.
flattery manners ill
Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery.
blades country deserves ears essential grass grew grow race service together whoever
Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together
syllables
Just get the right syllable in the proper place.
inspirational success wise
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
supposing-that littles sacred
I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher.
optimism quality share
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.
nurse miracle age
Religion seems to have grown an infant with age, and requires miracles to nurse it, as it had in its infancy.
weight reason idle
An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
anarchy firsts steps
Arbitrary power is but the first natural step from anarchy, or the savage life.
defence whole perverseness
Perverseness is your whole defence.
young worst company
Usually speaking, the worst-bred person in company is a young traveller just returned from abroad.
hunger clock
My hunger serves me instead of a clock.
spiders suspense miserable
It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.