662 Quotes by Jonathan Swift

But he may please to consider, that the caprices of womankind are not limited by any climate or nation; and that they are much more uniform than can be easily imagined.

من بين العادات التي ابتدعها هذا الأمير ووزراؤه أنه بعد أن يصدر مجلسهم حكماً قاسياً بالاعدام , اما ليتقي غضب الملك أو ليشفي غل أحد المقربين اليه , يلقي الامبراطور على مجلسه كله خطاباً يتحدث فيه عن رأفته العظيمة ورقته البالغه باعتبارهما صفتان يعرفهما فيه ويشهد له بهما العالم كله

Phantasie ist die Gabe, unsichtbare Dinge zu sehen.

Anlamadığınız bir insanı "delidir" diye nitelemek o kadar kolaydır ki!

Bütün bana anlattıklarınızdan, sorularıma verdiğiniz yanıtlardan, ülkeniz halkından birçoğunun, yeryüzünün en aptal ve en kötü yaratıkları olduğu sonucunu çıkarıyorum.

Promises and Pye-Crusts - are made to be broken

Style may defined as the proper words in the proper places.

So weak thou art that fools thy power despise; And yet so strong, thou triumph'st o'er the wise.

Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, To all my friends a burden grown; No more I hear my church's bell Than if it rang out for my knell; At thunder now no more I start Than at the rumbling of a cart