Jonathan Swift

"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."

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Source: A Critical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind (1709) See Anacharsis 1

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

Satirist, Writer

Jonathan Swift was an Irish writer and satirist, best known for his work 'Gulliver's Travels', which critiques human nature and society.

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