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Jonathan Swift,Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711-1726).
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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 on Weakness

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "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." in the context of "Jonathan Swift,Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711-1726)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Jonathan Swift

About Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer and satirist. Acclaimed as one of the finest prose satirists in the English language, he was also well known for his poetry and essays.