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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A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and...

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and...

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

Every dog must have his day.

Every dog must have his day.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

Some people take more care to hide their wisdom, than their folly.

Some people take more care to hide their wisdom, than their folly.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever...

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever...

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break...

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break...

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to...

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to...

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,...

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...

Proper words in proper places make the true definiton of style.

Proper words in proper places make the true definiton of style.

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...

Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with...

Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with...

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

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...

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not...

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not...

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others...

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others...