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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 Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down. Quote Right
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Quote Left Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride. Quote Right
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Quote Left Fine words! I wonder where you stole them. Quote Right
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Quote Left It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom. Quote Right
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Quote Left Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. Quote Right
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