Jonathan Swift Quotes

When a man is made a spiritual peer he loses his surname; when a temporal, his Christian name.

Quotes to Explore
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We are all mediums for our own basic truths. All we really have in life is the primal force that moves us through our days – our unvarnished, untutored, ever-present, inborn agency.
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There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
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Many have no desire to be in it, because their work does not interest them, providing them with neither challenge nor satisfaction, and has no other merit in their eyes than that it leads to a pay-packet at the end of the week.
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The final mystery is oneself.
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Delay is the enemy of progress.
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Imitate the magnificent trees that speak no word of their rapture, but only breathe largely the luminous breeze.
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The bird that has taught its nestling to fly does not try to keep it in the nest, when it is once able to take care of itself.
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Even if you make a mistake, you can go back and do the right thing.
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I said I'd be honest, I never said I'd be consistant.
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The electric guitar was a big step for me, but I didn't spend a lot of time trying to adjust. It wasn't like, 'Hey, little lady, come strap on this here big guitar.' We took it in steps as much as possible.
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It was still early, and the sun's lower limb was just free of the hill, his rays, ungenial and peering, addressed the eye rather than the touch as yet.
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A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject.
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It's not about the money. This is about Terri. It's not about the Schindlers, it's not about the legislators, it's not about me, it's about what Terri Schiavo wanted.
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There is a question whether faith can or is supposed to be emotionally satisfying. I must say that the thought of everyone lolling about in an emotionally satisfying faith is repugnant to me. I believe that we are ultimately directed Godward but that this journey is often impeded by emotion.
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When a man is made a spiritual peer he loses his surname; when a temporal, his Christian name.