Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their… — Jonathan Swift · Skopia

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Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.

1727

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Swift, Jonathan. "Thoughts on Various Subjects (1711)." Jonathan Swift: The Essential Writings, edited by Claude Rawson and Ian Higgins. W. W. Norton & Company, 2009.

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Swift, Jonathan. "Thoughts on Various Subjects." Miscellanies. London: John Morphew, 1727.

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