Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. ✨ Jonat…

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Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. ✨ Jonathan Swift (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated), p.896, Delphi Classics
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