Quotes by Swift, Jonathan

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride. >>

The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his count >>

Don't set your wit against a child. >>

Quotations about Churches

How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is I wil >>

The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether th >>

Once is orthodox, twice is puritanical. >>

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.

Swift, Jonathan