One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. ✨ Jonathan Sw…

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One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. ✨ Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift (1768). Letters Written By The Late Jonathan Swift, D. D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; And Several Of His Friends: From The Year 1703 To 1740, p.174
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One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. ✨ Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift (1768). Letters Written By The Late Jonathan Swift, D. D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; And Several Of His Friends: From The Year 1703 To 1740, p.174

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