Quotes by Swift, Jonathan

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost. >>

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to pra >>

Don't set your wit against a child. >>

Quotations about Ancestry

Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But >>

From our ancestors come our names from our virtues our honor. >>

Is anyone simply by birth to be applauded or punished? >>

In church your grandsire cut his throat; to do the job too long he tarried: he should have had my hearty vote to cut his throat before he married.

Swift, Jonathan