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Men are contented to be laughed at for their wit, but not for their folly. - Jonathan Swift
" "Men are contented to be laughed at for their wit, but not for their folly.
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About Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer and satirist. Acclaimed as one of the finest prose satirists in the English language, he was also well known for his poetry and essays.
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Isaac Bickerstaff
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Lemuel Gulliver
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M. B. Drapier
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Simon Wagstaff
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There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof I
hope there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am not
understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound
is couched underneath; and again, that whatever word or sentence
is printed in a different character shall be judged to contain something
extraordinary either of wit or sublime.
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