Famous quotes containing the words jonathan swift, swift and/or published:
“Fair Liberty was all his cry;
For her he stood prepared to die;
For her he boldly stood alone;
For her he oft exposed his own.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
“Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
“What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably ... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature.”
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)