"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."
"A prince, the moment he is crown'd, Inherits every virtue sound, As emblems of the sovereign power, Like other baubles in the Tower: Is generous, valiant, just, and wise, And so continues till he dies."
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Source: Jonathan Swift, Deane Swift, Thomas Birch, Thomas Wilkes, Thomas Hawkesworth (1763). “The Works of the Reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift: Poems on several occasions”, p.358
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