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Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally
discover everybody's face but their own.

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally
discover everybody's face but their own.

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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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That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental read more

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Universe 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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Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. -Jonathan read more

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. -Jonathan Swift.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Limitations Quotes,
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