Quote by Jonathan Swift
I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a lit

I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher. – Jonathan Swift

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Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction. – Jonathan Swift

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Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. – Jonathan Swift

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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. – Scottish Proverb

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The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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