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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I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution. – Jonathan Swift

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It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind. – Jonathan Swift

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I was vegetarian for a long time, and in the last four years I started eating chicken and fish. I feel like it really built up my strength a lot. – Laura Wilkinson

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Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me. – George Porter

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Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner. – Hugh Blair

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Productive power is the foundation of a countrys economic strength. – Stafford Cripps

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