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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

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When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

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When the devil is satisfied, he is a good person.

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

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Arbitrary power constitutes a natural temptation for a prince, like wine or women for a young man, or bribery for a judge, or greed for the old, or vanity for a woman.

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

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Vision is the art of seeing the invisible things.

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

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Everyone would like to live a long time, but no one would want to be old.

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

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It is an axiom that he who is universally granted the second place has undeniable merits to occupy the first.

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

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Nothing is constant in this world except inconsistency.

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

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No man will accept advice, but everyone will accept money. From this it follows that money is worth more than advice.

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

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One enemy can do more harm than the good that ten friends together can do.

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

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Apollo, the god of medicine, used to send diseases. In the beginning, the two professions were one, and it remains so.

Antonio Tabucchi

Antonio Tabucchi

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It is difficult to have precise convictions when speaking of matters of the heart.