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Jonathan Swift

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An Irish priest, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, and poet.. Anglo-Irish satirist essayist political pamphleteer poet and cleric


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Quote Left One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid. Quote Right
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Quote Left When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Quote Right
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Quote Left Strange an astrologer should die, without one wonder in the sky Quote Right
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Quote Left I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. Quote Right
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Quote Left A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal delicacy, propriety, and judgment? Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs