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“ ”This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.
About Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer and satirist. Acclaimed as one of the finest prose satirists in the English language, he was also well known for his poetry and essays.
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Additional quotes by Jonathan Swift
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
"A soldier is a "Yahoo" hired to kill in cold blood as many of his own Species, who have never offended him, as possibly he can."
If a man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is, he keeps his at the same time.