When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. by Jonathan Swift

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"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." - Copy to Clipboard
-- Jonathan Swift

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