Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few. ✨ Jonathan Swift, …

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Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few. ✨ Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott (1814). The Works of Jonathan Swift: Miscellanies, by Mr. Pope, Dr. Arbuthnot, Mr. Gay, &c. Prose miscellanies by Swift and Sheridan, p.255
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Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few. ✨ Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott (1814). The Works of Jonathan Swift: Miscellanies, by Mr. Pope, Dr. Arbuthnot, Mr. Gay, &c. Prose miscellanies by Swift and Sheridan, p.255

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