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Quote by Jonathan Swift
I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any

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. – Jonathan Swift

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

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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

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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. – Jonathan Swift

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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. – Edgar Allen Poe

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To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely. – Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinthes, 1962

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Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. – Dalai Lama

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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. – Thomas Fuller

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My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now Im scared of the new Times Square, so I still never go. – Padma Lakshmi

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There would be a lot more optimists if it weren’t for the rise-and-shine requirement. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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You cant ignore politics, no matter how much youd like to. – Molly Ivins

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