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False Quotes by Jonathan Swift
- Those dreams that on the silent night intrude, and with false flitting shapes our minds delude ... are mere productions of the brain. And fools…
- 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…
- A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your…
- The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.
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