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Jonathan Swift Quotes

«I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live to be as well prepared for it, as I confidently believe her to have been! If the way to Heaven be through piety, truth, justice and charity, she is there»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | About: Charity
«Men are contented to be laughed at for their wit, but not for their folly»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | About: Men | Keywords: contented
«Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives»
«Censure is the the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent»
«Strange an astrologer should die, without one wonder in the sky»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | Keywords: astrologer
«Bread is the staff of life»
«Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudices, eradicate virtue, honesty, and religion»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | About: Men, Prejudice | Keywords: eradicate, weeding
«It is remarkable with what Christian fortitude and resignation we can bear the suffering of other folks»
«Punning is an art of harmonious jingling upon words, which, passing in at the ears, excites a titillary motion in those parts; and this, being conveyed by the animal spirits into the muscles of the face, raises the cockles of the heart»
«She looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | Keywords: melt