Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly. – Jonathan Swift
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. – Jonathan Swift
He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. – Jonathan Swift
It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind. – Jonathan Swift
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. – Jonathan Swift
Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room. – Jonathan Swift
Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. – Jonathan Swift
Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder. – Jonathan Swift
No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience. – Jonathan Swift
Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. – Jonathan Swift
Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age. – Jonathan Swift
He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put into vials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers. – Jonathan Swift
War! that mad game the world so loves to play. – Jonathan Swift
Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken. – Jonathan Swift
Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives and the sincerest part of our devotion. – Jonathan Swift
I must complain the cards are ill shuffled till I have a good hand. – Jonathan Swift
[H]e loves her as the Devil loves Holy Water. – Jonathan Swift
A lie is an excuse guarded. – Jonathan Swift
Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken. – Jonathan Swift
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. – Jonathan Swift
