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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 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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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 The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome. Quote Right
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Quote Left What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly. Quote Right
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Quote Left She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitch folk. Quote Right
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