When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him. —Jonathan Swift More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".
More quotations from Jonathan Swift I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. —Jonathan Swift More about this quote Tags: youth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email 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. —Jonathan Swift More about this quote Tags: conversation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping. —Jonathan Swift More about this quote Tags: ambition Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind. —Jonathan Swift More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. —Jonathan Swift More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. —Jonathan Swift More about this quote Tags: youth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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. —Jonathan Swift More about this quote Tags: conversation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping. —Jonathan Swift More about this quote Tags: ambition Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind. —Jonathan Swift More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. —Jonathan Swift More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email