Quote#Beauty
Dean Swift proposed to tax female beauty, and to leave every lady to…
Quote byFrederick Saunders · 1807–1902
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Salad for the Social (1856), "The Toilet and Its Devotees", p. 96.
English (original)
Dean Swift proposed to tax female beauty, and to leave every lady to rate her own charms. He said the tax would be cheerfully paid, and very productive.
— Frederick Saunders
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