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Jonathan Swift Quotes

«Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | Keywords: beholder, beholders, satire, Satires, wherein
«Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | About: Age, Talent, Youth | Keywords: invention, of age
«Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | About: Vision | Keywords: Seeing Things
«I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | Keywords: kissing, The First Kiss
«Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | About: Reason | Keywords: rider, shook, Very light
«My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | Keywords: itched, itches, itching, nose
«Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | About: Passion | Keywords: convulsion, convulsions, Ever After, fits, weaker
«Usually speaking, the worst bred person in company is a young traveler just returned from abroad»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | About: Travel | Keywords: abroad, bred, ill-bred, ill-breeding, returned, traveler
«The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | Keywords: cutting, cutting off, lop, lopping, lops, scheme, shoes, supplying
«Bachelor's fare: Bread, cheese, and kisses»
Author: Jonathan Swift (Author, Satirist) | Keywords: bachelor, cheese, fare, fared, fares, faring, kisses
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