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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Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their...

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their...

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in...

Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in...

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruption.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruption.

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...

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have...

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have...

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they are merely making a sacrifice to...

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they are merely making a sacrifice to...

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more...

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more...

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...

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime...

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime...

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in...

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in...

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all...

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all...

It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house...

It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house...

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

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

The truth shall make you free.

The truth shall make you free.

He who lives on hope will die fasting.

He who lives on hope will die fasting.