“This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.”

— Jonathan Swift , book Les Voyages de Gulliver

Source: Gulliver's Travels

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Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet 1667–1745

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