Jonathan Swift: Although men are accused for not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps as few…

Although men are accused for not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps as few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.

In today’s wordsPeople are blamed for not knowing their own weaknesses, but perhaps as few know their own strengths. People are like soil: sometimes there's a vein of gold the owner doesn't know about.