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. Jonathan Swift ashamedmantoday Change image and share on social
It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind. Jonathan Swift deathdesignevil Change image and share on social
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency. Jonathan Swift constantinconsistencyworld Change image and share on social
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. Jonathan Swift commonlycorruptionpolitic Change image and share on social
There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake. Jonathan Swift mistake Change image and share on social
We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. Jonathan Swift hatelovemake Change image and share on social
Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room. Jonathan Swift artbreedconverse Change image and share on social
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. Jonathan Swift dietdoctormerryman Change image and share on social
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. Jonathan Swift cutdesirefoot Change image and share on social
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning. Jonathan Swift abedeminencegreatness Change image and share on social