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Quotations By Jonathan Swift


Communication
Argument is the worst sort of conversation.

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

Love
So weak thou art that fools thy power despise; And yet so strong, thou triumph'st o'er the wise.

Marriage
Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.

Success
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices: so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping.