Gulliver quotes
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"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."
"The tiny Lilliputians surmise that Gulliver's watch may be his god, because it is that which, he admits, he seldom does anything without consulting."
"If I had to make a list of six books which were to be preserved when all others were destroyed, I would certainly put Gulliver's Travels among them."
"Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance."
"If the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my Travels."
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