Jonathan Swift

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#every #every man #live #long #man

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#bad manners #company #example #flatter #flattery

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#conceive #hard #how #nothing #others

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#mistake #own #themselves #very #will

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#friends #good #hurt #more #ten

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#learning #nothing #wind #words

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#fool #i #i wonder #invented #kissing

No wise man ever wished to be younger. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#man #wise #wise man #wished #younger

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#inconsistency #nothing #world

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#mark #pride #rather #than #vanity