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Talent Quotes by Jonathan Swift
- Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five…
- Brutes find out where their talents lie; a bear will not attempt to fly.
- Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.
- Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.
- Punning is a talent which no man affects to despise but he that is without it.
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