Observation is an old man's memory. ✨ Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth…

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Observation is an old man's memory. ✨ Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth (1755). The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Accurately Revised in Six Volumes, Adorned with Copper-plates : with Some Account of the Author's Life and Notes Historical and Explanatory
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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 S … ▶
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Observation is an old man's memory. ✨ Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth (1755). The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Accurately Revised in Six Volumes, Adorned with Copper-plates : with Some Account of the Author's Life and Notes Historical and Explanatory

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