Jonathan Swift Quotes about Inspirational
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
A Critical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind (1709) See Anacharsis 1
"Thoughts on various subjects (Further thoughts on various subjects)". Book by Jonathan Swift, 1745.
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
Jonathan Swift (1761). “The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. Accurately Corrected by the Best Editions. With the Author's Life and Character; Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory; Tables of Contents, and Indexes. More Complete Than Any Preceding Edition. In Eight Volumes”, p.323
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols (1808). “Works”, p.380
Jonathan Swift (1768). “The works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...: With the author's life and character; notes, historical, critical, and explanatory; tables of contents, and indexes. More complete than any preceding edition ... Accurately corrected by the best editions”, p.153
Jonathan Swift (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)”, p.72, Delphi Classics
Jonathan Swift (2011). “Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings”, p.372, Bantam Classics
In Sir Walter Scott 'Life of Swift'