We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. -Jonathan Swift Religion
Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. -Jonathan Swift Age
Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder. -Jonathan Swift Anniversary
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. -Jonathan Swift Government
Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. -Jonathan Swift Strength
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning. -Jonathan Swift Morning
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. -Jonathan Swift Power
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. -Jonathan Swift Diet
Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind. -Jonathan Swift Learning
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. -Jonathan Swift Intelligence
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. -Jonathan Swift Legal
