They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives. ✨ Jo…

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They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives. ✨ Jonathan Swift (1857). The works of Dean Swift: comprising A tale of a tub, The battle of the books, with thoughts and essays on various subjects, together with The Dean's advice to a young lady on her marriage, p.373
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They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives. ✨ Jonathan Swift (1857). The works of Dean Swift: comprising A tale of a tub, The battle of the books, with thoughts and essays on various subjects, together with The Dean's advice to a young lady on her marriage, p.373

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