May you live all the days of your life.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live...

I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live...

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...

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime...

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime...

We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.

We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break...

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break...

Observation is an old man's memory.

Observation is an old man's memory.

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should...

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should...

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they are merely making a sacrifice to...

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they are merely making a sacrifice to...

Don't set your wit against a child.

Don't set your wit against a child.

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in...

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in...

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the...

Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the...

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of...

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of...

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need...

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need...

Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue

Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue