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Jonathan Swift Quotes about Greatness

The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word.

Jonathan Swift, David Laing Purves (1871). “The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: Carefully Selected; with a Biography of the Author”, p.520

Great abilities, when employed as God directs, do but make the owners of them greater and more painful servants to their neighbors.

Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe (1859). “The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author”, p.145