Quotes by Jonathan Swift

“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”

“Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.”

“There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.”

“There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.”

“A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone”

“The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.”

“Remember, that time is money.”

“There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say”

“It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into”

“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.”

“Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after”

“Usually speaking, the worst bred person in company is a young traveler just returned from abroad”

“Bachelors fare: Bread, cheese, and kisses”

“Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together”

“May you live every day of your life.”

“Ive always believed no matter how many shots I miss, Im going to make the next one.”

“A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.”

“Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the goddess of marriage; and they were always mortal enemies”

“As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.”

“As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.”