Jonathan Swift Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.”

“If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.”

“Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.”

“Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.”

“I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.”

“Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.”

“Don't set your wit against a child.”

“What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly.”