Jonathan Swift Quotes - Famous Quotations and Funny Sayings

"Humor is the first gift to perish in a foreign language."
Virginia Woolf &bull Translation

"We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives."
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe &bull Perseverance

"They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master."
Samuel Johnson &bull Example

"Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family."
Jewish proverb &bull Family

"A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. - Chandler, Raymond"
Raymond Chandler &bull Story

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(1667-1745) Irish-born English satirist.

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

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.

Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.

All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits.

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

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