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It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second place…

Quote byJonathan Swift · 1667–1745

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Tale of a Tub (1704), Dedication.

English (original)

It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second place have an undoubted title to the first.

— Jonathan Swift

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