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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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.

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.

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...

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

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...

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

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

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

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...

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...

Books, the children of the brain.

Books, the children of the brain.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may...

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may...

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...

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

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...

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

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

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

Don't spend your life being bitter. Spend your life being blessed!

Don't spend your life being bitter. Spend your life being blessed!

Being blessed to see another day and year and having so many people that I...

Being blessed to see another day and year and having so many people that I...