Jonathan Swift

"Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few."

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Source: Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott (1814). “The Works of Jonathan Swift: Miscellanies, by Mr. Pope, Dr. Arbuthnot, Mr. Gay, &c. Prose miscellanies by Swift and Sheridan”, p.255

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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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