Jonathan Swift Quotes


Neither is it safe to count upon the weakness of any man's understanding, who is thoroughly possessed of the spirit of revenge to sharpen his invention.


Citations

Swift, Jonathan. The Examiner. John Morphew, 1710.

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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".