More from Jonathan Swift
- As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
- It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
- May you live all the days of your life.
- 640K ought to be enough for anybody.
- A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
- A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.
Last reviewed 2026-07-06