662 Quotes by Jonathan Swift

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

When dunces are satiric, I take it for a panegyric.

Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is once past, there is no recalling it.

There is no vice or folly that requires so much nicety and skill to manage as vanity; nor any which by ill management makes so contemptible a figure.

When the belly is full, the bones would be at rest

Hobbes clearly proves, that every creature Lives in a state of war by nature.

There is no vice which humankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.

Everyone desires long life, not one old age.

You must take the will for the deed.