It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us...

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us...

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with...

Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with...

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever...

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever...

I have almost done with harridans, and shall soon become old enough to fall in...

I have almost done with harridans, and shall soon become old enough to fall in...

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only...

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only...

What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we...

What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we...

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but...

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but...

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

A lie is an excuse guarded

A lie is an excuse guarded

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is...

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is...

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others...

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to...

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to...

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all...

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all...

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to...

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to...

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for...

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for...