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The works of Dean Swift: comprising A tale of a tub, The battle of the books, with thoughts and essays on various subjects, together with The Dean's advice to a young lady on her marriage

Book by Jonathan Swift · 3 quotes · Army, Believe, Deceit

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The works of Dean Swift: comprising A tale of a tub, The battle of the books, with thoughts and essays on various subjects, together with The Dean's advice to a young lady on her marriage Quotes

“They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.”

“Pedantry is properly the over-rating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to.”

“It is in disputes as in armies, where the weaker side sets up false lights, and makes a great noise, to make the enemy believe them more numerous and strong than they really are.”