Swift, Jonathan
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Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 October 19, 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer who is famous for works like Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Tale of a Tub. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, although he is also well known for his poetry and essays. He also used the name Isaac Bickerstaff among other pseudonyms. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version
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"The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman."
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"One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good."
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"Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to."
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