Jonathan Swift Quotes About Dogs

• Cada perro debe tener su día.

  Jonathan Swift

  Success, Dog, Bad Day

  Jonathan Swift (1860). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Copious Notes and Additions, and a Memoir of the Author”, p.513

• Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five barred gate. A dog by instinct turns aside Who sees the ditch too deep and wide, But man we find the only creature Who, led by folly, combats nature; Who, when she loudly cries-Forbear! With obstinacy fixes there; And where the genius least inclines, Absurdly bends his whole designs.

  Jonathan Swift

  Dog, Horse, Lying

• Pray steal me not, I'm Mrs. Dingley's, Whose heart in this four-footed thing lies.

  Jonathan Swift

  Divertido, Amistad, Perro

  Jonathan Swift (1860). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Copious Notes and Additions, and a Memoir of the Author”, p.449

• Sé que Sir John irá, aunque estaba seguro de que llovería a cántaros.

  Jonathan Swift

  Perro, Lluvia, Gato

  Jonathan Swift (1761). "The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. Accurately Corrected by the Best Editions. Con la vida y el carácter del autor; notas históricas, críticas y explicativas; tablas de contenido e índices. Más completa que cualquier edición anterior. En ocho volúmenes", p. 331.

• 111 company is like a dog, who dirts those most whom he loves best.

  Jonathan Swift

  Dog, Love Is, Dirt

  Jonathan Swift (1768). “The works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...: With the author's life and character; notes, historical, critical, and explanatory; tables of contents, and indexes. More complete than any preceding edition ... Accurately corrected by the best editions”, p.361

• Un verdadero crítico, al leer un libro, es como un perro en un festín, cuyos pensamientos y estómago están totalmente centrados en lo que los invitados tiran, y por lo tanto es propenso a gruñir más cuando hay menos huesos.

  Jonathan Swift

  Perro, Libro, Invitados

  Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott (1824). "Tale of a tub. Batalla de los libros. Discurso sobre la operación mecánica del espíritu. Resumen de la historia de Inglaterra ... Cartas ... Poemas atribuidos a Swift", p.107

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