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Quotation from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
“when I behold a lump of deformity and diseases, both in body and mind, smitten with pride, it immediately breaks all the measures of my patience”
Gulliver's Travels, Part IV, Ch. 12 (1735 Faulkner text)
Gulliver's closing tirade against human pride, delivered from his misanthropic retirement.
Citation: "when I behold a lump of deformity and diseases, both in body and mind, smitten with pride, it immediately breaks all the measures of my patience" — Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Part IV, Ch. 12 (1735 Faulkner text). (id gullivers-travels-q4)
Portrait: Jonathan Swift, Charles Jervas, Public domain.
