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The very essence of gravity is design, and consequently deceit; a taught trick to gain credit with the world for more sense and knowledge than a man is worth.
The very essence of gravity is design, and consequently deceit; a taught trick to gain credit with the world for more sense and knowledge than a man is worth.
Approximate author period: c. 1740 AD · early modern
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- Laurence Sterne
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- Approximate author period: c. 1740 AD · early modern
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 107 · printed citation: Sterne · subject: Gravity
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