Famous Quotes By Jonathan Swift

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style

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Jonathan Swift Quote

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That the universe was formed by fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words but in the desire and intention, by false speaking to deceive and injure your neighbor

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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

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Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

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

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

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

Observation is an old man's memory.

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Observation is an old man's memory.

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

Facts About Jonathan Swift

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Jonathan Swift was born on the 30th of November 1667 in Dublin,Ireland and died on 19th of October in 1745. Jonathan Swift was best known for writing Gulliver's Travels.