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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

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No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience. – 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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