Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. Jonathan Swift More Quotes by Jonathan Swift More Quotes From Jonathan Swift Big-endians and small-endians. Jonathan Swift bigs language book A fig for partridges and quails, ye dainties I know nothing of ye; But on the highest mount in Wales Would choose in peace to drink my coffee. Jonathan Swift quails drink coffee A wise man will find us to be rogues by our faces. Jonathan Swift rogues wise men The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it. While you continue to be splenetic, count upon it I will always preach. Thus much I sympathize with you that I am not cheerful enough to write, for I believe Coffee once a week is necessary to that. Jonathan Swift coffee writing believe I cannot but conclude that the Bulk of your Natives, to be the most pernicious Race of little odious Vermin that Nature ever suffered to crawl upon the Surface of the Earth. Jonathan Swift gulliver race earth That was excellently observed’, say I, when I read a passage in an author, where his opinion agrees with mine. When we differ, there I pronounce him to be mistaken. Jonathan Swift passages opinion criticism Whoe'er excels in what we prize, Jonathan Swift girl teaching teacher The chameleon, who is said to feed upon nothing but air, has of all animals the nimblest tongue. Jonathan Swift tongue air animal I used to wonder how a man of birth and spirit could endure to be wholly insignificant and obscure in a foreign country, when he might live with lustre in his own. Jonathan Swift men country travel Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame. Jonathan Swift names action fame Men always grow vicious before they become unbelievers. Jonathan Swift vicious grows men There is no vice or folly that requires so much nicety and skill to manage as vanity; nor any which by ill management makes so contemptible a figure. Jonathan Swift vanity skills vices Vanity is a natural object of temptation to a woman. Jonathan Swift vanity temptation natural I cannot imagine why we should be at the expense to furnish wit for succeeding ages, when the former have made no sort of provision for ours. Jonathan Swift succeed imagine age If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them. Jonathan Swift belief ifs Two women seldom grow intimate but at the expense of a third person. Jonathan Swift intimate women two I remember it was with extreme difficulty that I could bring my master to understand the meaning of the word opinion, or how a point could be disputable; because reason taught us to affirm or deny only where we are certain; and beyond our knowledge we cannot do either. Jonathan Swift taught-us opinion remember Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion. Jonathan Swift weed honesty men Everyone desires long life, not one old age. Jonathan Swift age desire long Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. Jonathan Swift sarcasm glasses faces
