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Results of search for Author: Jonathan Swift - Page 1 of 2 Showing results 1 to 10 of 11 total quotations found.
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Results from Cole's Quotables:

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.: Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.: Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745), Thoughts on Various Subjects

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love, one another.: Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
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 (1667 - 1745)
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout.: Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745), "A Modest Proposal"
Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.: Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)

Results from Poor Man's College:

Fine words! I wonder where you stole them.: Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.: Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)

Results from Internet Collections: alt.quotations Archives:

We have enough religion to hate each other, but not enough to love each other.: Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)

Results from Contributed Quotations:

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.: Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)

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