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A wise man will find us to be rogues by our faces.
Jonathan Swift
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Jonathan Swift
Age: 77 †
Born: 1667
Born: November 30
Died: 1745
Died: October 19
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The affectation of some late authors to introduce and multiply cant words is the most ruinous corruption in any language.
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Would a writer know how to behave himself with relation td posterity? Let him consider in old books what he finds that he is glad to know, and what omissions he most laments.
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