Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover… — Jonathan Swift · Smartyfair

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.

Jonathan Swift1667–1745 · writer · 1600s-1700s Ireland & EnglandJonathan Swift was an Irish writer and church dean best known for Gulliver's Travels, the adventure of a traveler who visits lands of tiny people, giants, and talking horses.3 quotes

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