Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput. He is regarded by many as the greatest satirist of the Georgian era and one of the foremost prose authors in the history of English and world literature.
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- Born in
- Dublin
- Educated at
- Hertford CollegeTrinity College, DublinKilkenny College
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Trending topics shown first"We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another."
"I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company."
"The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages."
"He made it a part of his religion never to say grace to his meat."
"I always love to begin a journey on Sundays, because I shall have the prayers of the church to preserve all that travel by land, or water."
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