Jonathan Swift Quotes


A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.


Citations

Swift, Jonathan. "On False Witness." The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, vol. 8, C. Bathurst, 1765, p. 250.

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Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
  • Born: November 30, 1667
  • Died: October 19, 1745
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Writer

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".