Jonathan Swift
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Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 - 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Swift is remembered for works such as Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity and A Tale of a Tub.
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
Jonathan Swift: Being wrong
You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.
Monday Jan 23, 2017
Jonathan Swift: He who expects nothing
Blessed is he who expects nothing,
for he shall never be disappointed.
