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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 Whoever wishes to win in this game must have patience and money, since the values are so little constant and the rumors so little founded on truth Vision is the art of seeing things invisible. Quote Right
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Quote Left 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? Quote Right
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Quote Left It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into Quote Right
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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 We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love on another. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things