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I used to wonder how a man of birth and spirit could endure to be wholly insignificant and obscure in a foreign country, when he might live with lustre in his own.

Jonathan Swift
Country, Travel, Men
Jonathan Swift (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)”, p.1546, Delphi Classics
I used to wonder how a man of birth and spirit could endure to be wholly insignificant and obscure in a foreign country, when he might live with lustre in his own.