If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it… - Jonathan Swift

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If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.

Jonathan Swift

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Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer and satirist. Acclaimed as one of the finest prose satirists in the English language, he was also well known for his poetry and essays.

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Pen Names: Isaac Bickerstaff • Lemuel Gulliver • M. B. Drapier • Simon Wagstaff

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In men desire begets love, and in women love begets desire.

So Geographers in Afric-maps
With Savage-Pictures fill their Gaps;
And o'er uninhabitable Downs
Place Elephants for want of Towns

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel. - Jonathan Swift

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