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A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.

A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: General Sayings,
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He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
out of cucumbers, which were to be put read more

He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
out of cucumbers, which were to be put in phials hermetically
sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Invention Quotes,
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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Chastity Quotes,
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Fine words! I wonder where you stole 'em.
[Lat., Libertas et natale solum.]

Fine words! I wonder where you stole 'em.
[Lat., Libertas et natale solum.]

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Plagiarism Quotes,
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A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: General Sayings,
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