Logo
Quote by Jonathan Swift
Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to.

Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. – Jonathan Swift

Other quotes by Jonathan Swift

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. – Jonathan Swift

Category:
Government
Author
Jonathan Swift
Read Quote

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

Category:
Age
Author
Jonathan Swift
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Exaggeration
category

We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Exaggeration

If you add to the truth, you subtract from it. – The Talmud

Category:
Exaggeration

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis. – William Alger

Category:
Exaggeration

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Exaggeration

Random Quotes

A man of courage never wants weapons. – Author Unknown

Category:
Courage

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain. – Mark Twain

Category:
Death

Animal substance seems to be the first food of all birds, even the granivorous tribes. – William Bartram

Category:
Food

Widows are divided into two classes — the bereaved and relieved. – Victor Robinson

Category:
Widow, Widowhood