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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 And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. Quote Right
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Quote Left The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at Quote Right
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Quote Left I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout. Quote Right
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Quote Left He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things