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> # There was all the world and his wife.

[Jonathan Swift](https://quotesby.net/Jonathan-Swift)\#84

[Crowds](https://quotesby.net/topics/crowds/)[Events](https://quotesby.net/topics/events/)[Social](https://quotesby.net/topics/social/)[Social life](https://quotesby.net/topics/social-life/)

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## About this quote

What does it mean?This phrase describes a place filled with many people.In plain termsIt was very crowded.What can you take from it?Crowds can fill a space completely.

### Where it applies

- events
- parties
- public places

### Putting it to work

- note density
- plan for crowds
- assess comfort

### Questions to consider

- Is crowdedness good or bad?
- What makes a place busy?

### Another view

Not every gathering is this crowded.

## More from Jonathan Swift

1. > She pays him in his own coin.

[Permalink to quote \#83](https://quotesby.net/Jonathan-Swift/83/ "Permalink to quote 83")
2. > You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come; Knock as you please, there's nobody at home.

[Permalink to quote \#85](https://quotesby.net/Jonathan-Swift/85/ "Permalink to quote 85")
3. > She watches him, as a cat would watch a mouse.

[Permalink to quote \#82](https://quotesby.net/Jonathan-Swift/82/ "Permalink to quote 82")

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2. > They stayed away in droves.

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