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Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.

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Jonathan Swift
Age: 77 †
Born: 1667
Born: November 30
Died: 1745
Died: October 19
Essayist
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Dublin city
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Lemuel Gulliver
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