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Continual improvement Quote by Jonathan Swift

“Although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.” quote by Jonathan Swift — Download Open image

“Although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.”

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