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Convey a libel in a frown.
And wink a reputation down!

Convey a libel in a frown.
And wink a reputation down!

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Reputation Quotes,
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Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.

Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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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 man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.

A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: General Sayings,
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A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.

A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: General Sayings,
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