662 Quotes by Jonathan Swift

I love white Portugal wine better than claret, champagne, or burgundy. I have a sad vulgar appetite.

Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.

The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word.

Hail, follow, well met, All dirty and wet: Find out, if you can, Who's master, who's man.

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.

Your onions should be thoroughly boiled.

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.

I have heard of a man who had a mind to sell his house, and therefore carried a piece of brick in his pocket, which he shewed as a pattern to encourage purchasers.

Who can deny that all men are violent lovers of the truth, when we see them so positive in their errors, which they will maintain out of their zeal for truth, although they contradict themselves every day of their lives.