Logo
Quote by Jonathan Swift
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning. – Jonathan Swift

Other quotes by Jonathan Swift

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. – Jonathan Swift

Category:
power
Author
Jonathan Swift
Read Quote

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. – Jonathan Swift

Category:
power
Author
Jonathan Swift
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Morning
category

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it. – Richard Whately

Category:
Morning

…those dulcet sounds at break of day… – George Granville, 1701, via Shakespeare

Category:
Morning

Its never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around. – Al Pacino

Category:
Morning

Sometimes I wish that there were a way to let people know that just because I live in a world without rules, and in a life that is lawless, doesnt mean that it doesnt hurt so bad the morning after. – Elizabeth Wurtzel

Category:
Morning

Random Quotes

When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two oclock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it. – Willie Mays

Category:
Sports

I think when Im in love, I really am very good with calling, little faxes, and visiting and I really put a lot of effort into it. Im really not the one thats not available because of work and Im very sad when I actually leave. – Franka Potente

Category:
sad

You put high heels on and you change. – Manolo Blahnik

Category:
Change

One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for Americas energy problems never give up. – Jeff Goodell

Category:
power