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
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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruption.
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Proper words in proper places make the true definiton of style.
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Proper words in proper places make the true definition of style.
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Style may defined as the proper words in the proper places.
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Ah, a German and a genius ! A prodigy, admit him !
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Fine words! I wonder where you stole them.
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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
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When the belly is full, the bones would be at rest
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
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Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit, Will condescend to take a bit
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Usually speaking, the worst bred person in company is a young traveler just returned from abroad
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When the world has once begun to use us ill, it afterwards continues the same treatment with less scruple or ceremony, as men do to a whore
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Coffee makes us severe, and grave and philosophical.
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Small causes are sufficient to make a man uneasy, when great ones are not in the way: for want of a block he will stumble at a straw.