Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison. (Jonathan Swift)

Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.

Jonathan Swift

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