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Quote by Jonathan Swift
Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls.

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

Other quotes by Jonathan Swift

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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Death
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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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Weather
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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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Intelligence
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It takes about ten years to get used to how old you are. – Quoted by Raymond A. Michel in The Leaf

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Age

One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age – at the age of 38 in fact – he changed course and decided to become a doctor. – Colin Firth

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Age

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her. – Agatha Christie

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Age

I came of age believing that, no matter what happened, I would always be able to support myself. – William J. Clinton

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Age

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Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower. – Johann von Goethe

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Support

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, dont complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Dont bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live! – Bob Marley

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Jealousy

This time, instead of moving oceans and healing planets, lets get our bills in order and pay down the debt so we control our own future. – Artur Davis

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Future

The job of the Central Bank is to worry. – Alice Rivlin

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finance