Jonathan Swift Quotes

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

Jonathan Swift

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Jonathan Swift

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Jonathan Swift

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

Jonathan Swift

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

Jonathan Swift

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.

Jonathan Swift

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

Jonathan Swift

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

Jonathan Swift

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

Jonathan Swift

Books, the children of the brain.

Jonathan Swift

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

Jonathan Swift

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.

Jonathan Swift