Jonathan Swift Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.”

“Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.”

“Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.”

“Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.”

“Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath.”

“No wise man ever wished to be younger.”

“The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.”

“A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.”

“My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.”

“Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.”