Jonathan Swift quote: It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.

It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.

~ Jonathan Swift ~

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It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.

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