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Jonathan Swift Quotes: When men grow virtuous in their old age they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
         

When men grow virtuous in their old age they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.


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When men grow virtuous in their old age they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
         



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