Quote#World
Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet…
Quote byJonathan Swift · 1667–1745
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711-1726).
English (original)
Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps as few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold, which the owner knows not of.
— Jonathan Swift
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