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“Say, Britain, could you ever boast, Three poets in an age at most? Our chilling climate hardly bears A sprig of bays in fifty years.”

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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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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“I'm up and down and round about, Yet all the world can't find me out; Though hundreds have employed their leisure, They never yet could find my measure.”

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Book:The select works of Jonathan Swift ...: containing the whole of his poetical works ... embellished with engravings

Source: The select works of Jonathan Swift ...: containing the whole of his poetical works ... embellished with engravings

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“Hail, follow, well met, All dirty and wet: Find out, if you can, Who's master, who's man.”

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“I have heard of a man who had a mind to sell his house, and therefore carried a piece of brick in his pocket, which he shewed as a pattern to encourage purchasers.”

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“A forward critic often dupes us With sham quotations peri hupsos, And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us. Then, lest with Greek he over-run ye, Procure the book for love or money, Translated from Boileau's translation, And quote quotation on quotation.”

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“It is with wits as with razors, which are never so apt to cut those they are employed on as when they have lost their edge.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)

“Books, like men their authors, have no more than one wayofcoming intothe world, but there areten thousand to go out of it, and return no more.”

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“Hail fellow, well met.”

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“The tucked-up sempstress walks with hasty strides, While streams run down her oil'd umbrella's sides.”

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“The whole city gives you the impression of impermanence. You have the feeling that one day someone is going to yell, "Cut! Strike it!" and then the stagehands will scurry out and remove the mountains, the movie-star homes, the Hollywood Bowl--everything.”

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