Jonathan Swift - Rebukes are easy from our betters, 
 From men of...

Rebukes are easy from our betters, 
 From men of quality and letters; 
 But when low dunces will affront,
 What man alive can stand the brunt?

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Rebukes are easy from our betters, 
 From men of quality and letters; 
 But when low dunces will affront,
 What man alive can stand the brunt?

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