662 Quotes by Jonathan Swift

Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt.

If we take an examination of what is understood by happiness ... we shall find all its properties ... under this short definition, that it is a perpetual possession of being well deceived.

What we call the Irish Brogue is no sooner discovered, than it makes the deliverer, in the last degree, ridiculous and despised; and, from such a mouth, an Englishman expects nothing but bulls, blunders, and follies.

The tucked-up sempstress walks with hasty strides, While streams run down her oil'd umbrella's sides.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

Bachelor's fare: bread and cheese, and kisses.

It is remarkable with what Christian fortitude and resignation we can bear the suffering of other folks.

Big-endians and small-endians.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.