Author: Jonathan Swift

Quotes

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

- Jonathan Swift

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

- Jonathan Swift

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

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

- Jonathan Swift

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

- Jonathan Swift

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

- Jonathan Swift

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

- Jonathan Swift

Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.

Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.

- 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.

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

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

- Jonathan Swift

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