He was a bold Man that first eat an oyster.

Jonathan Swift

More information about this quote

Topic

Oysters Food

Author

Jonathan Swift

Source

Polite Conversation

Language

English

Time

1738 1730s 18th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Ireland Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Swift, Johnathan. "Dialogue III." Polite Conversation. London: Charles Wittinham & Co., 1738.

Current Citation

Swift, Jonathan. "Polite Conversation." Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises: Polite Conversation, Directions Servants and Other Works, edited by Valerie Rumbold. Cambridge University Press, 2013, no. 2.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Jonathan Swift about oysters: “He was a bold Man that first eat an oyster.”
Download
A quote by Jonathan Swift about oysters: “He was a bold Man that first eat an oyster.”
Download
A quote by Jonathan Swift about oysters: “He was a bold Man that first eat an oyster.”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1730s

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Buy Poor Richard's Almanack at Amazon Buy Poor Richard's Almanack at Amazon
Read this proverb at the National Archives website
More information about this quote
Topic
Hard work Diligence Persistence Good luck Luck

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1736 1730s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1736.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

Another quote about Food

Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.

William Shakespeare

Buy King Richard II at Amazon Buy King Richard II at Amazon
Read Richard II at The Folger Shakespeare Library
More information about this quote
Topic
Food Sugar
Speaker
John of Gaunt

Author

William Shakespeare
Genre
History (play)
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1595 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Richard II. 9 Dec. 1595, The house of Edward Hoby, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Richard the Second." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 3.