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Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished. ↗

— Sophie Swetchine

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The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick. ↗

— Sophie Swetchine

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There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time. ↗

— Sophie Swetchine

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There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all. ↗

— Sophie Swetchine

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We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly. ↗

— Sophie Swetchine

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If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will. ↗

— David Swift

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When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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

— Jonathan Swift

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