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Jonathan Swift on Religion

1667–1745 Ireland

← All quotes by Jonathan Swift

5 quotes

He made it a part of his religion never to say grace to his meat.

A Tale of a Tub (1704)

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)

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

What religion is he of?
Why, he is an Anythingarian.

Polite Conversation (1738)

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.

Attribution

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