Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swiftwas an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth30 November 1667
CountryIreland
syllables
Just get the right syllable in the proper place.
almost fall fourteen girls love shall soon
I have almost done with harridans, and shall soon become old enough to fall in love with girls of fourteen
applied best interest laws whose
Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in perverting, confounding and eluding them
censure eminent man pays public tax
Censure is the the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent
belief cannot concealed defect ought
The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.
money
A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.
ashamed man wiser
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.
comfort keeps man proud time
If a proud man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is that he keeps his at the same time
bold eat man
He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.
bold eat food man
He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.
commonly word
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruption.
abroad bred company returned traveler worst
Usually speaking, the worst bred person in company is a young traveler just returned from abroad
blades country deserves ears essential grass grew grow race service together whoever
Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together
belly bones rest
When the belly is full, the bones would be at rest