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The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.

Jonathan Swift

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Author Bio

  • NameJonathan Swift
  • DescriptionAnglo-Irish satirist, essayist, poet, etc.
  • BornNovember 30, 1667
  • DiedOctober 19, 1745
  • CountryKingdom Of Ireland
  • ProfessionPoet; Novelist; Satirist; Philosopher; Human Rights Activist
  • WorksGulliver's Travels; A Modest Proposal; A Tale Of A Tub