I cannot but conclude that the Bulk of your Natives, to be the most pernicious Race of little odious Vermin that Nature ever suffered to crawl upon the Surface of the Earth.
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels, Part IV, Chapter 12 (Gulliver's final judgment on humanity)
1726
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"I have always held the principle that a nation should be governed by laws, and not by the caprice of a monarch."
Humorous"One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid."
Humorous"A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday."
Strange & Unusual"We are so fond of one another, because our ailments are of the same kind."
Humorous"It is a miserable thing to be a dependent, and to have no other resource but the favor of great men."
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