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Quote by Jonathan Swift

“He that calls a man ungrateful sums up all the veil that a man can be guilty of.”

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Jonathan Swift, born on November 30, 1667, and died on October 19, 1745, was an Irish writer, satirist, and politician, renowned for his satirical works. more

“The motives of the best actions will not bear too strict an inquiry. It is allowed that the cause of most actions, good or bad, may be resolved into the love of ourselves; but the self-love of some men inclines them to please others, and the self-love of others is wholly employed in pleasing themselves. This makes the great distinction between virtue and vice.”

Men May Self Action Causes Virtue Bears Self Love Please Vices Motive Distinction Strict Employed Inquiry Incline

Book:The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published ... With Memoir of the Author

Source: The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published ... With Memoir of the Author

“I just sing and write songs and wear what I want. It's quite a good job really. If I wanted to I suppose I could become more of a fashion icon, but singing is my thing.”

Ifs Want Writing Wanted Jobs Song Fashion Singing Good Job Icons Fashion Icon

Author:Ellie Goulding

“A little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preserve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which it is apt to degenerate into everything that is sordid, vicious and low.”

Humans Littles Romance Human Nature Lows Dignity Ill Preserves Ingredients Grain Vicious Degenerates

Book:The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Cop'ous Notes and Additions

Source: The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Cop'ous Notes and Additions

“Patience alleviates, as impatience augments, pain; thus persons of strong will suffer less than those who give way to irritation.”

Way Giving Persons Pain Suffering Strong Impatience Irritation Alleviate Strong Will

Author:Jonathan Swift

“Orators inflame the people, whose anger is really but a short fit of madness.”

People Fit Madness Orators

Book:The Works of the Reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift: Miscellanies in prose

Source: The Works of the Reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift: Miscellanies in prose

“Perverseness is your whole defence.”

Whole Defence Perverseness

Book:The Poetical Works of Jonathan Swift

Source: The Poetical Works of Jonathan Swift

“A wise man will find us to be rogues by our faces.”

Men Faces Wise Rogues Physiognomy

Author:Jonathan Swift

“It is pleasant to observe how free the present age is in laying taxes on the next. "Future ages shall talk of this; they shall be famous to all posterity;" whereas their time and thoughts will be taken up about present things, as ours are now.”

Age Next Taken Taxes Pleasant Posterity

Author:Jonathan Swift

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