About Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Irish writer and satirist who became the Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift". His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian"....
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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.