Jonathan Swift's Quote - I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their you

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I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves. – Jonathan Swift

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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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Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. – Jonathan Swift

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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. – Jonathan Swift

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