"This Day, whate'er the Fates decree;Shall still..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift
This Day, whate'er the Fates decree;Shall still be kept with Joy by me:This Day then, let us not be told,That you are sick, and I grown old
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“Whence proceeds this weight we layOn what detracting people say?Their utmost malice cannot makeYour head, or tooth, or finger ache;Nor spoil your shapes, distort your face,Or put one feature out of place.”
“May you live all the days of your life.”
“Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.”
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“And as to the Cares, they are chiefly what attend the bringing up of Children; and I would ask any Man who has experienced it, if they are not the most delightful Cares in the World; and if from that Particular alone, he does not find the Bliss of a double State much greater, instead of being less than he expected.”
“My mind is living on cloud 9 and this 9 is never on vacation.”
“This is what love does and continues to do. It tastes like honey to adults and milk to children.”