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Jonathan Swift Quotes: A poor spirit is poorer than a poor purse. A very few pounds a year would ease a man of the scandal of avarice.
         

A poor spirit is poorer than a poor purse. A very few pounds a year would ease a man of the scandal of avarice.


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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.



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

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



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You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday



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