Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover ever…

Jonathan Swift
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Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. ✨ Jonathan Swift (2013). The Very Best of Jonathan Swift In Plain and Simple English (Translated), p.534, BookCaps Study Guides
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