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Quotes by Jonathan Swift - (10 quotes)

Jonathan Swift - From the Aging category:

Every man desires to live long; but no man would be old. (Jonathan Swift)

Jonathan Swift - From the Criticism category:

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. (Jonathan Swift)

Jonathan Swift - From the Genius category:

When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign: that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. (Jonathan Swift)

Jonathan Swift - From the Health category:

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. (Jonathan Swift)

Jonathan Swift - From the Humour category:

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own. (Jonathan Swift)

Jonathan Swift - From the Life category:

May you live every day of your life. (Jonathan Swift)

Jonathan Swift - From the Money category:

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart. (Jonathan Swift)

Jonathan Swift - From the Religion category:

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We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. (Jonathan Swift)

Jonathan Swift - From the Vision category:

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible. (Jonathan Swift)

Jonathan Swift - From the Words category:

Proper words in proper places make the true definition of a style. (Jonathan Swift)