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Jonathan Swift on Mother's Day

1667–1745 Ireland

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We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711)

I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.

In all I wish, how happy should I be,
Thou grand Deluder, were it not for thee?
So weak thou art that fools thy power despise;
And yet so strong, thou triumph'st o'er the wise.

As love without esteem is volatile and capricious; esteem without love is languid and cold.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jonathan Swift (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.