I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the...

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the...

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

Books, the children of the brain.

Books, the children of the brain.

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should...

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should...

Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the...

Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the...

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong,...

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong,...

A lie is an excuse guarded

A lie is an excuse guarded

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire...

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire...

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign,...

When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign,...

Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound...

Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound...

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all...

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all...

Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you...

Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you...

One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success...

One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success...