How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning.
Jonathan SwiftI 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 SwiftNor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down.
Jonathan SwiftReasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired
Jonathan Swift