Jonathan Swift Quotes on Humor
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For conversation well endued; She calls it witty to be rude; And, placing raillery in railing, Will tell aloud your greatest failing.
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Yet malice never was his aim; He lashed the vice but spared the name. No individual could resent, Where thousands equally were meant. His satire points at no defect But what all mortals may correct; For he abhorred that senseless tribe Who call it humor when they gibe.
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The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
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You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come; Knock as you please, there's nobody at home.