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Quote by Jonathan Swift
Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the pro

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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When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. – Jonathan Swift

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When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away? – Oliver Goldsmith

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