Jonathan Swift Quotes:
Ocupation: Pamphleteer
Life: November 30, 1667 - October 19, 1745
Birthday: November 30
Death: October 19
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.
source: A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burden to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public (1729)
topic: Children, Food, Years, Wholesome Food, Healthy Children
