Jonathan Swift

The satirist, essayist, and Anglican clergyman Jonathan Swift became renowned for his ruthlessly sharp humor and criticism of politics and social conditions. His most famous work, Gulliver’s Travels, appears to be an adventure story, but in reality it exposes human pride and the absurdity of power. He also caused outrage with his ironic pamphlet A Modest Proposal. He served as the dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.

Quotes

• We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. ( 26 ×)
• Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old. ( 24 ×)
• Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own. ( 15 ×)
• May you live all the days of your life. ( 9 ×)