Dunces Quote by Jonathan Swift

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

— Jonathan Swift

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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