For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate requires an expe…

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For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate requires an expense of time and forms, therefore men of much haste and little ceremony are content to get in by the back-door ✨ Jonathan Swift (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated), p.72, Delphi Classics
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For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate requires an expense of time and forms, therefore men of much haste and little ceremony are content to get in by the back-door ✨ Jonathan Swift (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated), p.72, Delphi Classics

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