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Quote by Jonathan Swift
Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet pe

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. – Jonathan Swift

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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. – Jonathan Swift

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He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put into vials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers. – Jonathan Swift

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Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room. – Jonathan Swift

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People confuse goodness with weakness. It is weak people, not good people (goodness demands strength), who are taken advantage of. – Dennis Prager

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I know what my limitations are as an actor, but my strength is putting myself into a well-written part. When I get in trouble is when I have to fix it, or when I have to carry it on personality. – George Clooney

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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it. – Malcolm Muggeridge

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One of the things thats beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. Its really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength, its not a weakness. – Mitch Landrieu

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