Quotes by Jonathan Sw ift
——When a true genius appears in thisworld，you may know him by this sign，that the dunces are all in confederacy against him．
Source:Thoughts on Various Subjects
——Ihave been assured by a very knowing American ofmy acquaintance in London，that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old amost delicious，nourishing，and wholesome food，whether stewed，roasted，baked，or boiled，and Imake no doubt that itwill equally serve in a fricassee，or a ragout．
Source:AModest Proposal
——Iheard the little bird say so．
Source:Letter to Stella
——They never would hear，But turn the deaf ear，As amatter they had no concern in．
Source:Dingley and Brent
——Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought．
Source:Gulliver's Travels
——Walls have tongues，and hedges ears．
Source:Pastoral Dialogue
——A bad man becomesworse when he apes a saint．
Source:Pastoral Dialogue
——A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it，is doubly gratifying．
Source:Pastoral Dialogue
——Ambition often putsmen upon doing themeanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping．
Source:Miscellanies
——There is nothing in this world constant，but inconsistancy．
Source:A Critical Essay upon the Faculties of theMind