216 ordspråk av Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift föddes den 30 november 1667 och dog den 19 oktober 1745 - engelsk satiriker och författare.
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Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

A lie is an excuse guarded

Usually speaking, the worst bred person in company is a young traveler just returned from abroad

He was a bold man that first eat an oyster

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

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

Bra sagt! Jag undrar var du snott det.

Fine words! I wonder where you stole them

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

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

One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman

Överdrivet smicker är det sämsta och falskaste sättet att visa vår aktning. (Smicker är det värsta och falskaste sättet att visa uppskattning.)

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem

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