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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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Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybodys face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. – Jonathan Swift

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We work to eat to get the strength to work to eat to get the strength to work to eat to get the strength to work to eat to get the strength to work. – John Dos Passos

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You are talking to a man who can only play a plastic keyboard. Give me anything weighted and Ive had it. I havent got the strength in my fingers to push them down. So I dont get a lot of expression on the keyboard. – Midge Ure

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Terrorists have failed to trigger mass conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe. We should draw strength from that fact. – Gijs de Vries

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I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesnt occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own willpower and strength are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea. – Thor Heyerdahl

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Gifts make their way through stone walls. – Proverb

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Dancing faces you towards Heaven, whichever direction you turn. – Terri Guillemets

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I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project, but Im always open to learning everybodys style – the director, the actor Im working with. – Freida Pinto

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Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine. – Isak Dinesen

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