“There never appear more than five or six men of genius in an age, but if they were united the world could not stand before them.”
Quote by Jonathan Swift
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Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift, born on November 30, 1667, and died on October 19, 1745, was an Irish writer, satirist, and politician, renowned for his satirical works. more
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“It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.”
Source: The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Accurately Revised in Six Volumes, Adorned with Copper-plates : with Some Account of the Author's Life and Notes Historical and Explanatory
“He that calls a man ungrateful sums up all the veil that a man can be guilty of.”
Source: The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published ... With Memoir of the Author
Source: The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Cop'ous Notes and Additions
“Orators inflame the people, whose anger is really but a short fit of madness.”
Source: The Works of the Reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift: Miscellanies in prose