168 ordspråk av Jonathan Swift

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Jonathan Swift föddes den November 30th 1667 och dog den 19 October 1745 - of prose.
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 It is remarkable with what Christian fortitude and resignation we can bear the suffering of other folks

 It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.

 It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into

 It was a bold person that first ate an oyster.

 Just get the right syllable in the proper place.

 Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in perverting, confounding and eluding them

 Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

 Lord! I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

 May you live all the days of your life.

 May you live every day of your life.

 Men are contented to be laughed at for their wit, but not for their folly

 Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are an imitation of fighting

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

 No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.

 No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in vain tried to put into our heads before


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